Alexander Donchenko's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 26104,438 games
Alexander Donchenko, Grandmaster from Germany, has 4,438 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Donchenko most often opens with 1.d4 (36% 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 White2,241 games · +1,180 =617 −444 · 66%
As Black2,197 games · +978 =632 −587 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%700 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%608 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening20%387 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense49%495 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%393 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%68 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%548 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%121 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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