Valerij Filippov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2553442 games
Valerij Filippov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 442 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerij Filippov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White211 games · +103 =76 −32 · 67%
As Black231 games · +82 =83 −66 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening76%160 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening15%32 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense81%65 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%10 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%70 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%44 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6
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