Reza Mahdavi's chess openings
IM🇮🇷 IranFIDE 24892,962 games
Reza Mahdavi, International Master from Iran, has 2,962 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Reza Mahdavi most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,486 games · +963 =149 −374 · 70%
As Black1,476 games · +842 =158 −476 · 62%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%1,188 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%144 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%40 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%365 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%94 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game9%52 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%470 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%11 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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