Sergey Klimov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2486407 games
Sergey Klimov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 407 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Klimov most often opens with 1.e4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White216 games · +94 =63 −59 · 58%
As Black191 games · +63 =57 −71 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening69%150 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%60 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%84 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%51 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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