Vahap Sanal's chess openings
GM🇹🇷 TürkiyeFIDE 25444,058 games
Vahap Sanal, Grandmaster from Türkiye, has 4,058 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vahap Sanal most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,037 games · +1,173 =360 −504 · 66%
As Black2,021 games · +1,001 =389 −631 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%1,420 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%248 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%94 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game57%470 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%175 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%133 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%384 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%129 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d619%126 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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