Herman Pilnik's chess openings
Peak rating 2450746 games
Herman Pilnik has 746 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Herman Pilnik most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White408 games · +182 =162 −64 · 64%
As Black338 games · +107 =134 −97 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%367 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%27 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%68 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%34 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%96 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%48 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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