Mark E Taimanov's chess openings
Peak rating 26801,953 games
Mark E Taimanov has 1,953 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark E Taimanov most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White973 games · +407 =454 −112 · 65%
As Black980 games · +303 =502 −175 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%451 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening24%219 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening22%197 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%413 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%23 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense1%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%324 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 c5
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