Ivan Zemlyanskii's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25631,509 games
Ivan Zemlyanskii, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,509 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Zemlyanskii most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White774 games · +443 =130 −201 · 66%
As Black735 games · +373 =137 −225 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%561 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%195 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening2%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%301 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game12%43 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense5%19 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense49%114 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game45%104 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc65%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5
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