Kirk Vagho Ghazarian's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2530772 games
Kirk Vagho Ghazarian, Grandmaster from United States, has 772 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kirk Vagho Ghazarian most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White381 games · +194 =108 −79 · 65%
As Black391 games · +140 =120 −131 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%210 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%109 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%39 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%134 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game11%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense59%71 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%41 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
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