Sarhan Guliev's chess openings
GM🇦🇿 AzerbaijanFIDE 2177693 games
Sarhan Guliev, Grandmaster from Azerbaijan, has 693 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sarhan Guliev most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White349 games · +151 =107 −91 · 59%
As Black344 games · +111 =105 −128 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%315 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%29 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.b4 Polish Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b4 c6 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense57%105 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%60 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%47 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%24 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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