Ilay Zakin's chess openings
FM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2431418 games
Ilay Zakin, FIDE Master from Israel, has 418 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilay Zakin most often opens with 1.e4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White207 games · +83 =28 −96 · 47%
As Black211 games · +100 =26 −85 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening73%151 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%28 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%85 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%63 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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