Sergei Birjukov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1825139 games
Sergei Birjukov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 139 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Birjukov most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White62 games · +23 =17 −22 · 51%
As Black77 games · +30 =20 −27 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%61 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense92%49 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game6%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game73%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
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