Alexej Gorbatov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2279454 games
Alexej Gorbatov, International Master from Russia, has 454 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexej Gorbatov most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White235 games · +99 =79 −57 · 59%
As Black219 games · +69 =67 −83 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%110 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%45 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening19%44 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%49 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game19%22 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense28%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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