Kazancev, V's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2313191 games
Kazancev, V, FIDE Master from Russia, has 191 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kazancev, V most often opens with 1.c4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White91 games · +48 =3 −40 · 54%
As Black100 games · +32 =8 −60 · 36%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening92%83 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%37 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense21%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%17 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense36%12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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