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Andrey Derbenev's chess openings

IMFIDE 226399 games

Andrey Derbenev, International Master, has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andrey Derbenev most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White48 games · +19 =14 −15 · 54%
As Black51 games · +9 =8 −34 · 25%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%
    33 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%
    8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening10%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 French Defense27%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game12%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    15 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6

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