Gary Kasparov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 28122,151 games
Gary Kasparov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,151 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Gary Kasparov most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,221 games · +745 =412 −64 · 78%
As Black930 games · +340 =466 −124 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%535 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%476 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%127 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%311 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game7%26 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%299 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%78 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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