Alex Kim's chess openings
GM🇰🇷 South KoreaFIDE 2465267 games
Alex Kim, Grandmaster from South Korea, has 267 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Kim most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White136 games · +55 =53 −28 · 60%
As Black131 games · +47 =41 −43 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%133 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%48 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game53%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense15%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
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