Miguel Najdorf's chess openings
Peak rating 25601,604 games
Miguel Najdorf has 1,604 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Miguel Najdorf most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White806 games · +395 =339 −72 · 70%
As Black798 games · +328 =340 −130 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%560 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%105 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening12%99 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%213 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game16%41 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%307 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%34 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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