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Most Common Openings That Grandmasters Use

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Nov 4, 2023, 11:43 AM | 8

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. In this blog I will go over the most common openings that grandmasters use. We will also talk about why they use that opening frequently. I will show some of his games and talk about the opening he used. The chess players I mention will probably ring a bell to you.

Let's get to the actual blog!

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi has played about 2300 chess games in his entire life of playing chess. What could possibly be his most common played opening? If you said Caro-Kann defence you would be wrong. His most played opening is the Sicilian. He played the Sicilian a staggering 600+ times! As long as I can remember, I played the Sicilian only once or twice.

One of the best games Ian Nepomniachtchi has ever played using the Sicilian is between him and Sergei Rublevsky.

At the Russian Championship Superfinal, he played a total of 11 games. He won a total of 3 games out of the 11 games. He beat Evgeny Najer, Sergei Rublevsky, and Denis Khismatullin.

Ian Nepomniachtchi drew against Sergey Grigoriants, Nikita Vitiugov, Evgeny Tomashevsky, and Evgeny Alekseev. He lost all the other games which is unfortunate making him only have 5/11 points.

Ding Liren

Ding Liren has played over 1,500 games during his chess career. Out of those 1,500 games, what is his most common opening. If you said Ruy Lopez, you would be partially correct. His most played opening played with black pieces is Ruy Lopez, but his most played opening is King's Indian.

One of Ding Lirens' games were astonishing and caught my eyes so quickly!

This game took place at the 2019 Grand Chess Tour Tata Steel. Now we are going to have a look at the game.

The first few moves Ding Liren and his opponent (Santosh Gujrathi Vidit) start off very strong playing King's Indian. From time to time both of them would make some mistakes but they stay unharmed.

Ding Lirens' opponent is starting to attack Ding Liren but then the move 38.f4 messed it all up. They get stuck a few moves afterward and if they move the wrong piece at the wrong time, they have a bigger probability of losing. The next 60-70 moves were all defense and each side couldn't do anything so they drew.

Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura's chess career started 1992-now. He has played an estimate of 3,600 games. If you said his most played opening is Queens Gambit Declined, I will whack you on the head. His most played opening is Sicilian.

One of the most intense games Hikaru Nakamura's games is what we are going to look at.

This game took place at the Fifth Zurich Opening Blitz in the year 2016. Now, we are going to look and analyze the game.

The first 15 moves, not much happens except some defense. Anish Giri made a mistake when playing move 29.c3. Hikaru Nakamura is now winning slightly but he is most likely to win.

The most vulnerable mistake Anish Giri did was move 34.Kg6. Hikaru Nakamura was in the winning position and there was no way Anish Giri could get back in the game.

In the end, Hikaru Nakamura won and left Anish Giri in the dust.

Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana has a played about 2900 games in his whole chess career from 1999-now. His 2nd most played opening is Sicilian, but his most played opening is Ruy Lopez.

One of his most amazing and most recent game is what we are going to analyze and look at.

This game took place during the Speed Chess Championship Main Event 2021 during December. Now we are going to analyze the game.

They both start off good playing Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense. The first 20 moves are just some attacking/offense and defense. Fabio Caruana played a decent move which was 28.rf7.

Wesley So messed up the next move by moving 29.qg6. The next ten moves, both players messed up and Wesley So had a chance to even out things but he failed to.

Fabio Caruana was winning so Wesley So resigned and left Fabio Caruana the winner of the match.

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