Anish Giri's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 27525,134 games
Anish Giri, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 5,134 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Anish Giri most often opens with 1.e4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,574 games · +990 =1,184 −400 · 61%
As Black2,560 games · +778 =1,168 −614 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%951 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%773 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%375 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%546 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game42%421 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%600 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%187 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d61%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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