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Yury Kolobov's chess openings

Peak rating 236532 games

Yury Kolobov has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yury Kolobov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White18 games · +5 =4 −9 · 39%
As Black14 games · +2 =2 −10 · 21%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d6 Pirc Defense50%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game33%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game40%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6

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