Alexander Rustemov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25257,540 games
Alexander Rustemov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 7,540 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Rustemov most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White3,792 games · +2,121 =635 −1,036 · 64%
As Black3,748 games · +1,845 =650 −1,253 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%3,437 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%85 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening1%53 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense97%1,631 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game1%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.f4 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%807 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense22%257 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%59 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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