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Bora Cilek's chess openings

FM🇹🇷 TürkiyeFIDE 2284199 games

Bora Cilek, FIDE Master from Türkiye, has 199 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bora Cilek most often opens with 1.Nf3 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White95 games · +43 =24 −28 · 58%
As Black104 games · +32 =31 −41 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening52%
    48 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%
    20 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%
    16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%
    37 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense13%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense12%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Be7 3.Nf3 d5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%
    24 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense18%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 c6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game9%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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