Zhuravlev, Al's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2359168 games
Zhuravlev, Al, FIDE Master from Russia, has 168 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zhuravlev, Al most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White78 games · +42 =9 −27 · 60%
As Black90 games · +37 =10 −43 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%69 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense90%36 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 b5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%34 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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