Irina Krush's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 24042,553 games
Irina Krush, Grandmaster from United States, has 2,553 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Irina Krush most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,272 games · +570 =352 −350 · 59%
As Black1,281 games · +443 =391 −447 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%976 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening14%173 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%81 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%512 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense4%22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%239 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%191 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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