Ilja Zaragatski's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2449825 games
Ilja Zaragatski, Grandmaster from Germany, has 825 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilja Zaragatski most often opens with 1.Nf3 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White416 games · +191 =112 −113 · 59%
As Black409 games · +160 =122 −127 · 54%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening43%177 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%143 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%42 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense56%109 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense15%28 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%16 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%72 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%39 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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