Alek Gusev's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 236871 games
Alek Gusev, International Master from Russia, has 71 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alek Gusev most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White37 games · +14 =17 −6 · 61%
As Black34 games · +3 =19 −12 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%18 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game53%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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