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Alexander Bystrov's chess openings

FM🇧🇾 BelarusFIDE 201432 games

Alexander Bystrov, FIDE Master from Belarus, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Bystrov most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White17 games · +8 =4 −5 · 59%
As Black15 games · +4 =3 −8 · 37%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%
    5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense83%
    5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense17%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game40%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5

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