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Alexander Timerkhanov's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 22381,008 games

Alexander Timerkhanov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 1,008 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Timerkhanov most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White498 games · +233 =105 −160 · 57%
As Black510 games · +198 =105 −207 · 49%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%
    417 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%
    43 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%
    32 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%
    171 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%
    31 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  3. 1...e6 French Defense4%
    8 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game91%
    163 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%
    14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...Nc61%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.f4 Ng6

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