Shakhriyar Mamedyarov's chess openings
GM🇦🇿 AzerbaijanFIDE 2710308 games
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Grandmaster from Azerbaijan, has 308 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White155 games · +74 =49 −32 · 64%
As Black153 games · +40 =69 −44 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%112 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening17%27 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game78%58 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%34 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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