Sauat Nurgaliyev's chess openings
IM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2526705 games
Sauat Nurgaliyev, International Master from Kazakhstan, has 705 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sauat Nurgaliyev most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White354 games · +158 =98 −98 · 58%
As Black351 games · +129 =85 −137 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%301 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%23 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%142 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%74 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d629%35 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%12 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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