Ivan Zaja's chess openings
GM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2395958 games
Ivan Zaja, Grandmaster from Croatia, has 958 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Zaja most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White494 games · +219 =216 −59 · 66%
As Black464 games · +159 =203 −102 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%477 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense46%110 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%71 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%27 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%89 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%21 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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