Levon Aronian's chess openings
Peak rating 2778394 games
Levon Aronian has 394 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Levon Aronian most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White194 games · +66 =90 −38 · 57%
As Black200 games · +53 =98 −49 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%111 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%70 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening5%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game82%62 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%82 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
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