Alexei Shirov's chess openings
GM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 25926,245 games
Alexei Shirov, Grandmaster from Spain, has 6,245 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexei Shirov most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White3,175 games · +1,730 =972 −473 · 70%
As Black3,070 games · +1,256 =1,146 −668 · 60%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%2,543 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%594 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%26 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game52%719 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%464 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense10%143 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game73%802 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%292 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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