Yakov Meister's chess openings
Peak rating 2519355 games
Yakov Meister has 355 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yakov Meister most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White187 games · +90 =69 −28 · 67%
As Black168 games · +64 =62 −42 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%120 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%35 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%28 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%45 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1...e6 French Defense7%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game82%40 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense12%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5
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