Hikaru Nakamura's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2792382 games
Hikaru Nakamura, Grandmaster from United States, has 382 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hikaru Nakamura most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White187 games · +75 =86 −26 · 63%
As Black195 games · +45 =91 −59 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%105 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%47 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%87 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%54 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6
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