Alexandr Kabatianski's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2329158 games
Alexandr Kabatianski, International Master from Germany, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandr Kabatianski most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White66 games · +23 =31 −12 · 58%
As Black92 games · +25 =35 −32 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%41 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening32%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4
- 1.c4 English Opening6%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%37 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense21%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%32 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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