Alikhan Irgaliyev's chess openings
🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 202961 games
Alikhan Irgaliyev, from Kazakhstan, has 61 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alikhan Irgaliyev most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +8 =4 −17 · 34%
As Black32 games · +14 =5 −13 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%21 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense46%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
- 1...d621%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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