Alexander Riazantsev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25902,260 games
Alexander Riazantsev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,260 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Riazantsev most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,133 games · +509 =439 −185 · 64%
As Black1,127 games · +381 =464 −282 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%1,042 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%41 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%35 games · scores 74% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense55%287 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense27%143 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%45 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%238 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%66 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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