Emil Zhezhov's chess openings
🇲🇰 North MacedoniaFIDE 171693 games
Emil Zhezhov, from North Macedonia, has 93 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Emil Zhezhov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White49 games · +11 =7 −31 · 30%
As Black44 games · +12 =13 −19 · 42%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening37%18 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%14 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense32%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense64%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...b6 English Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.f3
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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