Yair Parkhov's chess openings
GM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2438940 games
Yair Parkhov, Grandmaster from Israel, has 940 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yair Parkhov most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White491 games · +232 =148 −111 · 62%
As Black449 games · +171 =146 −132 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%278 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening24%115 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%50 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%91 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense23%50 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game16%35 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%91 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%29 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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