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Krstev, E's chess openings

🇲🇰 North MacedoniaFIDE 1855187 games

Krstev, E, from North Macedonia, has 187 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Krstev, E most often opens with 1.d4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White94 games · +41 =15 −38 · 52%
As Black93 games · +29 =13 −51 · 38%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%
    43 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.f4 Bird's Opening18%
    17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%
    10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense69%
    33 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game13%
    6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense10%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%
    16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game23%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense13%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6

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