Mikhail Khmelev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1910192 games
Mikhail Khmelev, from Russia, has 192 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Khmelev most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White94 games · +32 =16 −46 · 43%
As Black98 games · +27 =21 −50 · 38%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%74 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening7%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Bxa6 Qa5+
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
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