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Alexandr Kharitonov's chess openings

GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2524577 games

Alexandr Kharitonov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 577 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandr Kharitonov most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White267 games · +124 =130 −13 · 71%
As Black310 games · +110 =154 −46 · 60%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%
    243 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    12 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense82%
    134 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1...e6 French Defense9%
    14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%
    7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game55%
    52 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%
    41 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  3. 1...d61%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4

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