Yerlan Tikzhanov's chess openings
IM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 217230 games
Yerlan Tikzhanov, International Master from Kazakhstan, has 30 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yerlan Tikzhanov most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White15 games · +7 =3 −5 · 57%
As Black15 games · +5 =6 −4 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nc3 Nf6
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