Vladimir Epishin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 22582,418 games
Vladimir Epishin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,418 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vladimir Epishin most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,186 games · +655 =426 −105 · 73%
As Black1,232 games · +453 =609 −170 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%1,037 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%61 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening5%61 games · scores 80% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense51%321 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%194 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%51 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%367 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%37 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%16 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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