David Zakarian's chess openings
FM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2303588 games
David Zakarian, FIDE Master from Armenia, has 588 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Zakarian most often opens with 1.e4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White299 games · +130 =47 −122 · 51%
As Black289 games · +92 =55 −142 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening58%174 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%100 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening4%11 games · scores 77% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%87 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense28%38 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%91 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...a64%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 a6 2.e4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
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