Boris Ponomariov's chess openings
🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 243038 games
Boris Ponomariov, from Ukraine, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris Ponomariov most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White21 games · +12 =1 −8 · 60%
As Black17 games · +2 =3 −12 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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