Alex Ganichev's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2241225 games
Alex Ganichev, FIDE Master from Russia, has 225 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Ganichev most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White118 games · +45 =13 −60 · 44%
As Black107 games · +28 =10 −69 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%113 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nbd7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%46 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game94%29 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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