Zurab Sturua's chess openings
GM🇬🇪 GeorgiaFIDE 2488827 games
Zurab Sturua, Grandmaster from Georgia, has 827 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zurab Sturua most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White409 games · +217 =151 −41 · 72%
As Black418 games · +142 =208 −68 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%221 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%73 games · scores 76% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening18%72 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game49%98 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%33 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%33 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%116 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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