Valery A Chekhov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2457637 games
Valery A Chekhov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 637 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery A Chekhov most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White338 games · +137 =162 −39 · 64%
As Black299 games · +76 =152 −71 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%203 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%70 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%34 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%58 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%40 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%66 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%42 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d67%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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