Boris Grachev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25862,445 games
Boris Grachev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,445 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris Grachev most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,202 games · +587 =467 −148 · 68%
As Black1,243 games · +475 =536 −232 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%734 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%166 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening11%115 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%519 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense11%67 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game5%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game84%340 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%53 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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