Valery Bykov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 23019 games
Valery Bykov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery Bykov most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As Black5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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