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Alexander Potapov's chess openings

Peak rating 2490149 games

Alexander Potapov has 149 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Potapov most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.

As White70 games · +27 =29 −14 · 59%
As Black79 games · +26 =23 −30 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%
    48 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%
    19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d3 g6
  3. 1.f4 Bird's Opening4%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game83%
    39 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...f5 Dutch Defense89%
    16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5

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