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Nilufar Yakubbaeva's chess openings

WGM🇺🇿 UzbekistanFIDE 2245575 games

Nilufar Yakubbaeva, Woman Grandmaster from Uzbekistan, has 575 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nilufar Yakubbaeva most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White292 games · +105 =88 −99 · 51%
As Black283 games · +79 =99 −105 · 45%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%
    137 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%
    102 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%
    32 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense48%
    60 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1...e5 Open Game40%
    50 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%
    13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    90 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game11%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 g6

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