Valeriy Grinev's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 24131,305 games
Valeriy Grinev, International Master from Ukraine, has 1,305 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valeriy Grinev most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White664 games · +322 =146 −196 · 59%
As Black641 games · +252 =156 −233 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%434 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%117 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%70 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense55%168 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%98 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%110 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%71 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 a6
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