Ivan Mezentsev's chess openings
FM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2317744 games
Ivan Mezentsev, FIDE Master from Kazakhstan, has 744 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Mezentsev most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White379 games · +197 =52 −130 · 59%
As Black365 games · +159 =49 −157 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%223 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%76 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%60 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%83 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%55 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game8%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%110 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.Nc3 d6
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