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Marat Shakirov's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2159244 games

Marat Shakirov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 244 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marat Shakirov most often opens with 1.d4 (94% 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 White123 games · +47 =22 −54 · 47%
As Black121 games · +45 =15 −61 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%
    115 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense52%
    27 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%
    12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense17%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%
    37 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game9%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c6

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