Timur Nurzhanov's chess openings
FM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2207325 games
Timur Nurzhanov, FIDE Master from Kazakhstan, has 325 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timur Nurzhanov most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White161 games · +54 =11 −96 · 37%
As Black164 games · +49 =15 −100 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%133 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%24 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%71 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%43 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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