Morteza Darban's chess openings
IM🇮🇷 IranFIDE 2248667 games
Morteza Darban, International Master from Iran, has 667 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Morteza Darban most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White331 games · +155 =115 −61 · 64%
As Black336 games · +144 =106 −86 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%184 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%47 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%45 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%73 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%33 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense14%27 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%53 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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