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Grigory S Kaidanov's chess openings

GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2480534 games

Grigory S Kaidanov, Grandmaster from United States, has 534 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Grigory S Kaidanov most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White272 games · +134 =100 −38 · 68%
As Black262 games · +85 =113 −64 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%
    147 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%
    76 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening13%
    35 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game53%
    51 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...e6 French Defense25%
    24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%
    17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game72%
    69 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%
    26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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