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Best Chess Opening for Black

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#PreviewCandidateWin rateMatch win rate
1King's Indian Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7100% win100% match wins
2Sicilian Najdorf1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a60% win67% match wins
3Nimzowitsch Defense1.e4 Nc60% win50% match wins
3Bogo-Indian Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+0% win50% match wins
5Modern Defense1.e4 g60% win0% match wins
5Philidor Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d60% win0% match wins
5Latvian Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f50% win0% match wins
5Queen's Indian Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b60% win0% match wins
—Sicilian Defense1.e4 c50% win— match wins
—Sicilian Dragon1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g60% win— match wins
—Sicilian Sveshnikov1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e50% win— match wins
—French Defense1.e4 e60% win— match wins
—Caro-Kann Defense1.e4 c60% win— match wins
—Scandinavian Defense1.e4 d50% win— match wins
—Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g60% win— match wins
—Alekhine's Defense1.e4 Nf60% win— match wins
—Owen's Defense1.e4 b60% win— match wins
—St. George Defense1.e4 a60% win— match wins
—Petrov Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf60% win— match wins
—Elephant Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d50% win— match wins
—Stafford Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc60% win— match wins
—Berlin Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf60% win— match wins
—Schliemann Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f50% win— match wins
—Two Knights Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf60% win— match wins
—Traxler Counterattack1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc50% win— match wins
—Marshall Attack1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d50% win— match wins
—Queen's Gambit Declined1.d4 d5 2.c4 e60% win— match wins
—Queen's Gambit Accepted1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc40% win— match wins
—Slav Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c60% win— match wins
—Nimzo-Indian Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb40% win— match wins
—Grünfeld Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d50% win— match wins
—Benoni Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e60% win— match wins
—Benko Gambit1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b50% win— match wins
—Dutch Defense1.d4 f50% win— match wins
—Budapest Gambit1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e50% win— match wins
—Albin Countergambit1.d4 d5 2.c4 e50% win— match wins
—Englund Gambit1.d4 e50% win— match wins
—Austrian Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c50% win— match wins
—Balogh Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 f50% win— match wins
—Baltic Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf50% win— match wins
—Black Knights' Tango1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc60% win— match wins
—Blackburne Shilling Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd40% win— match wins
—Blumenfeld Gambit1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b50% win— match wins
—Bogoljubov–Mikenas Defense1.d4 Nc60% win— match wins
—Chigorin Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc60% win— match wins
—Damiano Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f60% win— match wins
—English Defense1.d4 e6 2.c4 b60% win— match wins
—Falkbeer Countergambit1.e4 e5 2.f4 d50% win— match wins
—Fischer Defense1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d60% win— match wins
—Franco-Indian Defense1.d4 e60% win— match wins
—Giuoco Piano1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc50% win— match wins
—Greco Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf60% win— match wins
—Gunderam Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qe70% win— match wins
—Hungarian Defense1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be70% win— match wins
—Keres Defense1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+0% win— match wins
—Marshall Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf60% win— match wins
—Old Indian Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d60% win— match wins
—Polish Defense1.d4 b50% win— match wins
—Rousseau Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f50% win— match wins
—Ruy Lopez Zaitsev1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb70% win— match wins
—Semi-Italian Opening1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d60% win— match wins
—Semi-Slav Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e60% win— match wins
—Semi-Tarrasch Defense1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c50% win— match wins
—Sicilian Accelerated Dragon1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g60% win— match wins

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