Valentin Balanovskij's chess openings
🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 210923 games
Valentin Balanovskij, from Ukraine, has 23 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Balanovskij most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White11 games · +3 =1 −7 · 32%
As Black12 games · +3 =4 −5 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6
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