Pavel Ponkratov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25403,565 games
Pavel Ponkratov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 3,565 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Ponkratov most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,795 games · +974 =449 −372 · 67%
As Black1,770 games · +795 =496 −479 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%791 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%457 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%154 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%269 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense27%198 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%168 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%500 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%64 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%38 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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