Alexander Galkin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2611803 games
Alexander Galkin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 803 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Galkin most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White416 games · +158 =201 −57 · 62%
As Black387 games · +111 =203 −73 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%348 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%35 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%27 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense73%149 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%48 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%101 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
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