Ilja Haitin's chess openings
FM🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 2289877 games
Ilja Haitin, FIDE Master from Estonia, has 877 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilja Haitin most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White445 games · +175 =56 −214 · 46%
As Black432 games · +166 =65 −201 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%179 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%154 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%111 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense41%94 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense18%41 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game45%54 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%28 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d617%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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