Ali Mortazavi's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 23331,535 games
Ali Mortazavi, International Master from England, has 1,535 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ali Mortazavi most often opens with 1.Nf3 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White768 games · +344 =63 −361 · 49%
As Black767 games · +333 =56 −378 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening68%517 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%206 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense86%316 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%31 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%223 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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