Borna Derakhshani's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2340651 games
Borna Derakhshani, FIDE Master from England, has 651 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Borna Derakhshani most often opens with 1.e4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White326 games · +135 =97 −94 · 56%
As Black325 games · +110 =92 −123 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening48%154 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%102 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%57 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Bxf3
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%71 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game22%31 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%69 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c6
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