12/31/2015 – The year 2015 is almost over, so we thought it's time to let you vote for your highlights of this year. Today we want you to vote for the most popular opening of the year 2015. The following article features a video by Rustam Kasimdzhanov who presents a selection of openings to vote for. Which is the most popular opening of the year 2015?
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The English: 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 etc.
64
21%
The Catalan: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 etc.
48
16%
The Najdorf: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 etc.
37
12%
The Ragozin: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 O-O etc.
32
10%
To vote you need to login with your ChessBase Account. The final result of the vote will be revealed in a week but during the next days more polls about various aspects of chess will follow. However, now it's your turn to vote for the "Most popular opening of the Year 2015". Here are the candidates presented by GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov:
Opening expert GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows the most popular openings of 2015 on the elite level
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1.e4
1,183,387
54%
2421
---
1.d4
958,449
55%
2434
---
1.Nf3
286,131
56%
2441
---
1.c4
184,608
56%
2443
---
1.g3
19,877
56%
2427
---
1.b3
14,598
54%
2428
---
1.f4
5,953
48%
2377
---
1.Nc3
3,905
50%
2384
---
1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
---
1.a3
1,249
54%
2406
---
1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
---
1.d3
969
50%
2378
---
1.g4
670
46%
2361
---
1.h4
466
54%
2382
---
1.c3
439
51%
2425
---
1.h3
289
56%
2420
---
1.a4
118
60%
2461
---
1.f3
100
47%
2427
---
1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
---
1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.c4Nf62.Nc3e53.Nf3Nc64.g3Bb45.Bg20-06.0-0e47.Ng5Bxc38.bxc3Re89.f3exf39...e310.Nxf3Qe710...d511.d411.e3Ne512.Nd4d613.d3c514.Nf5Bxf515.Rxf5d516.cxd5c417.d4Nd3 0-1 Khismatullin, D (2642) - Tomashevsky,
E ( 2747) Chita 2015
1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3a66.Bc4e67.0-0b58.Bb3Be79.Qf3Qc710.Qg30-011.Bh6Ne812.Rad1Bd713.Nce2Kh814.Bg5Bxg515.Qxg5Nf616.Ng3Qc517.Qd2 1-0 (34) Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)
-Karjakin,S (2762) Berlin GER 2015
1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3d54.Nc3Bb45.Bg5h66.Bxf6Qxf67.e30-08.Rc1dxc49.Bxc4c510.0-0cxd411.Ne4Qe712.a3Ba513.Qxd4Rd814.Qe5Nc615.Qh5Bd716.g4 1-0 (42) Dubov,D (2661)-Anand,V (2803) Berlin
GER 2015
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Grandmaster Rustam Kasimdzhanov from Uzbekistan has for many years been known as a very strong and imaginative player. However in 2004 Rustam Kasimdzhanov shocked the chess world by winning the FIDE world chess championship title, beating a string of world-class players like Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Topalov and Adams in the process. The Uzbekian grandmaster, who has helped Anand in both his World Championship matches, lives in Germany. Over the years he recorded a number of highly praised DVDs for ChessBase, especially opening DVDs. He also worked as an opening trainer for the german national team which won surprisingly the 2011 European Team Championship with the help of Kasimdzhanov.
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