Krapivin, A's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2337238 games
Krapivin, A, Grandmaster from Russia, has 238 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krapivin, A most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White146 games · +62 =41 −43 · 57%
As Black92 games · +29 =35 −28 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%131 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening2%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.d3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense8%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game66%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...b6 English Defense9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
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