Aleksandr Esipenko's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2115150 games
Aleksandr Esipenko, from Russia, has 150 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aleksandr Esipenko most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White77 games · +22 =18 −37 · 40%
As Black73 games · +21 =15 −37 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%52 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.f4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense8%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game81%22 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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