Ernesto Inarkiev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 26372,093 games
Ernesto Inarkiev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,093 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ernesto Inarkiev most often opens with 1.e4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,085 games · +482 =400 −203 · 63%
As Black1,008 games · +315 =415 −278 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening49%531 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%422 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%70 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%240 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%170 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%221 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%127 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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