Khairullin, I's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2615997 games
Khairullin, I, Grandmaster from Russia, has 997 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Khairullin, I most often opens with 1.e4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White511 games · +196 =278 −37 · 66%
As Black486 games · +136 =275 −75 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening47%242 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%169 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening11%56 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%108 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%87 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%30 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%119 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%33 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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