Valentin Arbakov's chess openings
Peak rating 2575522 games
Valentin Arbakov has 522 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Arbakov most often opens with 1.c4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White268 games · +154 =57 −57 · 68%
As Black254 games · +107 =52 −95 · 52%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening53%143 games · scores 77% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%73 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%29 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%94 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%73 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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