Sharafiev, A's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2431609 games
Sharafiev, A, International Master from Russia, has 609 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sharafiev, A most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White311 games · +117 =99 −95 · 54%
As Black298 games · +102 =74 −122 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%112 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%93 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%90 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%100 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%22 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense11%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%42 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%17 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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