Alexa1 Potapov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2410388 games
Alexa1 Potapov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 388 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexa1 Potapov most often opens with 1.d4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White200 games · +86 =55 −59 · 57%
As Black188 games · +61 =55 −72 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%189 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game78%73 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense68%45 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%15 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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