Pavel Eljanov's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26643,654 games
Pavel Eljanov, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 3,654 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Eljanov most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,814 games · +920 =505 −389 · 65%
As Black1,840 games · +754 =593 −493 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%978 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%308 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%178 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%363 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%349 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%128 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%444 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%183 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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