Alexei Iljushin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2381638 games
Alexei Iljushin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 638 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexei Iljushin most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White306 games · +126 =129 −51 · 62%
As Black332 games · +113 =130 −89 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%275 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%20 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense47%90 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%58 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%30 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense66%69 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%24 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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