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Mikayel Zargarov's chess openings

CM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 217688 games

Mikayel Zargarov, Candidate Master from Switzerland, has 88 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikayel Zargarov most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White46 games · +22 =4 −20 · 52%
As Black42 games · +20 =2 −20 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%
    44 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    26 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game70%
    7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense30%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6

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