Yuri S Balashov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 23762,227 games
Yuri S Balashov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,227 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri S Balashov most often opens with 1.e4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,137 games · +463 =550 −124 · 65%
As Black1,090 games · +277 =612 −201 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening61%691 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%277 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%93 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game49%244 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%190 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%28 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%325 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%20 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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