Ruslan Irzhanov's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2494161 games
Ruslan Irzhanov, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ruslan Irzhanov most often opens with 1.d4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White62 games · +22 =31 −9 · 60%
As Black99 games · +37 =39 −23 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%53 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense54%31 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.f3 e5
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