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Norik Kalantarian's chess openings

IM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2383174 games

Norik Kalantarian, International Master from Armenia, has 174 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Norik Kalantarian most often opens with 1.d4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White81 games · +30 =34 −17 · 58%
As Black93 games · +33 =26 −34 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%
    77 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense79%
    38 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
  3. 1...e5 Open Game4%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense59%
    17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...Nc621%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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