Igor Lempert's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2459125 games
Igor Lempert, International Master from Ukraine, has 125 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Lempert most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White73 games · +41 =21 −11 · 71%
As Black52 games · +17 =23 −12 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%70 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense81%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense56%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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