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Alireza Firouzja's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 11· 🇫🇷·
Alireza Firouzja's most played openings in 154 recent Chess.com bullet games: as White vs Queen's Gambit Declined (13 games, 38% score); Caro-Kann Defense as Black (13 games, 73% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Alireza Firouzja scores best
As Black
Where Alireza Firouzja scores below ratings
Where Alireza Firouzja scores best
Games
154
Bullet
Score
52%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
78
56% score
As Black
76
47% score
Rating
3319
Bullet
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
13
38%
4/2/7
3366
3273
9
72%
5/3/1
3292
3469
9
61%
5/1/3
3316
3404
5
80%
4/0/1
3284
3524
4
25%
1/0/3
3335
3135
4
50%
1/2/1
3336
3336
4
75%
2/2/0
3185
3385
3
17%
0/1/2
3195
2928
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
13
73%
8/3/2
3201
3385
9
61%
4/3/2
3361
3449
8
38%
2/2/4
3335
3235
5
30%
1/1/3
3303
3143
5
10%
0/1/4
3312
2992
4
50%
1/2/1
3328
3328
4
25%
1/0/3
3417
3217
4
50%
2/0/2
3311
3311
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Alireza Firouzja on Chess.com
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