Ioannis Papaioannou's chess openings
GM🇬🇷 GreeceFIDE 2605645 games
Ioannis Papaioannou, Grandmaster from Greece, has 645 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ioannis Papaioannou most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White302 games · +148 =132 −22 · 71%
As Black343 games · +110 =177 −56 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%223 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%54 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%86 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%45 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense20%35 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%105 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
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