Timur Safin's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2083460 games
Timur Safin, Candidate Master from Russia, has 460 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Timur Safin most often opens with 1.d4 (86% 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 White237 games · +105 =29 −103 · 50%
As Black223 games · +65 =30 −128 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%201 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%16 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense76%69 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense13%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%74 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6
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