Meelis Kanep's chess openings
GM🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 2351997 games
Meelis Kanep, Grandmaster from Estonia, has 997 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Meelis Kanep most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White488 games · +201 =196 −91 · 61%
As Black509 games · +148 =223 −138 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%357 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%95 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%228 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense4%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%97 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%63 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 Nf6
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