Ilja Semjonovs's chess openings
FM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2363241 games
Ilja Semjonovs, FIDE Master from Latvia, has 241 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilja Semjonovs most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White118 games · +37 =39 −42 · 48%
As Black123 games · +34 =43 −46 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%70 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%32 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%45 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%51 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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