Musa Zakirov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2224203 games
Musa Zakirov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 203 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Musa Zakirov most often opens with 1.e4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White101 games · +50 =11 −40 · 55%
As Black102 games · +41 =14 −47 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%99 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%45 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 Nbd7
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