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Alexandr Tarasov's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2348136 games

Alexandr Tarasov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 136 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandr Tarasov most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White69 games · +28 =14 −27 · 51%
As Black67 games · +25 =16 −26 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%
    47 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%
    13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening6%
    4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense48%
    11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%
    8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense9%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense46%
    13 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense46%
    13 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4

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