Nurlan Ibrayev's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2364217 games
Nurlan Ibrayev, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 217 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nurlan Ibrayev most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White108 games · +47 =30 −31 · 57%
As Black109 games · +43 =26 −40 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%60 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%34 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening7%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%40 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%35 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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