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Arnold Zakharchenko's chess openings

Peak rating 2402395 games

Arnold Zakharchenko has 395 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arnold Zakharchenko most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White212 games · +95 =61 −56 · 59%
As Black183 games · +40 =63 −80 · 39%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%
    130 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening24%
    51 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%
    17 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%
    52 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense20%
    22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense13%
    14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%
    23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game37%
    18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense12%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6

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