Ham Vardanian's chess openings
🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 193834 games
Ham Vardanian, from Armenia, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ham Vardanian most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +7 =1 −9 · 44%
As Black17 games · +2 =3 −12 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening29%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5
- 1...e6 French Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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