Boris Taborov's chess openings
FM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2313238 games
Boris Taborov, FIDE Master from Ukraine, has 238 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris Taborov most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White119 games · +51 =25 −43 · 53%
As Black119 games · +46 =21 −52 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%87 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%27 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%37 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game15%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...d66%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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