Babak Malekian's chess openings
FM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 228449 games
Babak Malekian, FIDE Master from Sweden, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Babak Malekian most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White25 games · +8 =9 −8 · 50%
As Black24 games · +10 =5 −9 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1.c4 English Opening24%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack16%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense73%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense56%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...b6 English Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Na6 3.Nc3 Nxc5
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