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Bella Khotenashvili's chess openings

GM🇬🇪 GeorgiaFIDE 24371,939 games

Bella Khotenashvili, Grandmaster from Georgia, has 1,939 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bella Khotenashvili most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White962 games · +493 =236 −233 · 64%
As Black977 games · +390 =281 −306 · 54%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%
    411 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening40%
    350 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.c4 English Opening7%
    63 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense72%
    314 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1...e5 Open Game19%
    82 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense7%
    32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%
    186 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense28%
    96 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game16%
    55 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7

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