Eltaj Safarli's chess openings
GM🇦🇿 AzerbaijanFIDE 26102,649 games
Eltaj Safarli, Grandmaster from Azerbaijan, has 2,649 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Eltaj Safarli most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,365 games · +711 =507 −147 · 71%
As Black1,284 games · +496 =551 −237 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%1,286 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%44 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%292 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%272 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%432 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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