Andrey Esipenko's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 26804,044 games
Andrey Esipenko, Grandmaster from Russia, has 4,044 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andrey Esipenko most often opens with 1.e4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,043 games · +1,145 =535 −363 · 69%
As Black2,001 games · +922 =609 −470 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%778 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening41%744 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%193 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game68%612 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%115 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%85 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%508 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%110 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
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