Alisher Karimov's chess openings
FM🇹🇯 TajikistanFIDE 2287325 games
Alisher Karimov, FIDE Master from Tajikistan, has 325 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alisher Karimov most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White154 games · +59 =35 −60 · 50%
As Black171 games · +56 =31 −84 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%115 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%15 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%59 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%22 games · scores 23% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%46 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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