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Balabanov, V's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 218010 games

Balabanov, V, FIDE Master from Russia, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Balabanov, V most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As Black5 games · +2 =0 −3 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5

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