Natalia Zhukova's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 23192,488 games
Natalia Zhukova, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 2,488 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Natalia Zhukova most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,217 games · +546 =342 −329 · 59%
As Black1,271 games · +453 =376 −442 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%585 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening44%530 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%68 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game41%267 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense37%239 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense11%73 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%237 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%167 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%29 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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