Alexander Raetsky's chess openings
GMFIDE 2283863 games
Alexander Raetsky, Grandmaster, has 863 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Raetsky most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White425 games · +173 =157 −95 · 59%
As Black438 games · +135 =148 −155 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%330 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%75 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%14 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game58%97 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%63 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%131 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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