Igor A Zaitsev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2361704 games
Igor A Zaitsev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 704 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor A Zaitsev most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White380 games · +123 =182 −75 · 56%
As Black324 games · +68 =144 −112 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%347 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game85%124 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%115 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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