GMHikaru's chess openings
Peak rating 153887 games
GMHikaru has 87 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, GMHikaru most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +12 =19 −10 · 52%
As Black46 games · +10 =26 −10 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%39 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game86%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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