Seyed Khalil Mousavi's chess openings
GM🇮🇷 IranFIDE 2484730 games
Seyed Khalil Mousavi, Grandmaster from Iran, has 730 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Seyed Khalil Mousavi most often opens with 1.d4 (29% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White375 games · +177 =119 −79 · 63%
As Black355 games · +151 =115 −89 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%108 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%106 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening25%94 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%69 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense41%67 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%69 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%44 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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