Sergei Appolonov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 232660 games
Sergei Appolonov, International Master from Russia, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Appolonov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White30 games · +12 =8 −10 · 53%
As Black30 games · +10 =6 −14 · 43%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening62%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening17%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense27%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...e5 Open Game9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d66%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5
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