Irina Zakurdjaeva's chess openings
WGM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2152287 games
Irina Zakurdjaeva, Woman Grandmaster from Russia, has 287 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Irina Zakurdjaeva 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...Nf6.
As White147 games · +56 =37 −54 · 51%
As Black140 games · +43 =31 −66 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening99%141 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense73%58 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game18%14 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense9%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%23 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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