Tigran Nalbandian's chess openings
Peak rating 2524296 games
Tigran Nalbandian has 296 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tigran Nalbandian most often opens with 1.Nf3 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White122 games · +49 =47 −26 · 59%
As Black174 games · +55 =56 −63 · 48%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening56%68 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%47 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Qf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%45 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense27%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense14%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%45 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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