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Alexander Grischuk's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 21· 🇷🇺·
Alexander Grischuk's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (53 games, 82% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (68 games, 75% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Alexander Grischuk scores best
As Black
Where Alexander Grischuk scores below ratings
Where Alexander Grischuk scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
74%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
79% score
As Black
150
69% score
Rating
3249
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
53
82%
40/7/6
2958
3214
41
70%
23/11/7
2943
3099
21
81%
15/4/2
2854
3101
10
70%
6/2/2
2947
3107
5
100%
5/0/0
2855
3255
4
88%
3/1/0
3069
3369
4
75%
3/0/1
3103
3303
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
68
75%
45/12/11
2889
3089
38
61%
19/8/11
3027
3111
8
75%
5/2/1
3182
3382
5
80%
3/2/0
2851
3091
5
60%
2/2/1
2995
3075
4
50%
2/0/2
3025
3025
4
75%
2/2/0
3042
3242
3
100%
3/0/0
3018
3418
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. Alexander Grischuk on Chess.com
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