Kanan Garayev's chess openings
IM🇦🇿 AzerbaijanFIDE 2325559 games
Kanan Garayev, International Master from Azerbaijan, has 559 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kanan Garayev most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White281 games · +134 =72 −75 · 60%
As Black278 games · +100 =62 −116 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%184 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%51 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%23 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%55 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%52 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%47 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%30 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nd2 d6
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