Nona Gaprindashvili's chess openings
GM🇬🇪 GeorgiaFIDE 2168900 games
Nona Gaprindashvili, Grandmaster from Georgia, has 900 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nona Gaprindashvili most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White454 games · +214 =135 −105 · 62%
As Black446 games · +167 =127 −152 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%258 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%166 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening4%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense32%69 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%63 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense10%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%48 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense27%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%41 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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