Ilia Balinov's chess openings
Peak rating 239816 games
Ilia Balinov has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilia Balinov most often opens with 1.c4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +6 =2 −1 · 78%
As Black7 games · +2 =2 −3 · 43%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening44%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...e5 Open Game33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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