Alexander Motylev's chess openings
GM🇷🇴 RomaniaFIDE 25472,696 games
Alexander Motylev, Grandmaster from Romania, has 2,696 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Motylev most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,412 games · +677 =542 −193 · 67%
As Black1,284 games · +424 =584 −276 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%1,267 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%88 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%43 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%221 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%213 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%116 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%222 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%191 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d63%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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