Ian Nepomniachtchi's chess openings
🇰🇪 KenyaPeak rating 2777222 games
Ian Nepomniachtchi, from Kenya, has 222 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ian Nepomniachtchi most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White113 games · +33 =58 −22 · 55%
As Black109 games · +28 =57 −24 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%79 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.d3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%32 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense12%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%38 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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