Alexander Kaliksteyn's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2334276 games
Alexander Kaliksteyn, International Master from United States, has 276 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Kaliksteyn 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...d5.
As White134 games · +20 =76 −38 · 43%
As Black142 games · +35 =56 −51 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%83 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening37%49 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%62 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game74%28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.g3 d6
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