Michail Kalinin's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 238037 games
Michail Kalinin, FIDE Master from Russia, has 37 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michail Kalinin most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +4 =1 −9 · 32%
As Black23 games · +3 =3 −17 · 20%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Bf5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c6
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