Ladva, O's chess openings
GM🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 2513746 games
Ladva, O, Grandmaster from Estonia, has 746 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ladva, O most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White387 games · +196 =91 −100 · 62%
As Black359 games · +145 =104 −110 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%172 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%147 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%44 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%96 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense23%35 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game12%18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%73 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%43 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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