Ilya Tsesarsky's chess openings
IM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2409151 games
Ilya Tsesarsky, International Master from Israel, has 151 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Tsesarsky most often opens with 1.Nf3 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +33 =19 −15 · 63%
As Black84 games · +40 =23 −21 · 61%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening85%57 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%46 games · scores 76% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%34 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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