Vahan Nalbandyan's chess openings
CM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2164680 games
Vahan Nalbandyan, Candidate Master from Armenia, has 680 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vahan Nalbandyan most often opens with 1.e4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White345 games · +174 =25 −146 · 54%
As Black335 games · +141 =22 −172 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening54%186 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%117 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%35 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%64 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense28%38 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%100 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%19 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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