Alexander N Zaitsev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2473157 games
Alexander N Zaitsev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 157 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander N Zaitsev most often opens with 1.d4 (72% 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 White78 games · +25 =43 −10 · 60%
As Black79 games · +19 =39 −21 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%56 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening9%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense39%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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