Sergei Lobanov's chess openings
GMFIDE 25172,251 games
Sergei Lobanov, Grandmaster, has 2,251 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Lobanov most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,140 games · +568 =324 −248 · 64%
As Black1,111 games · +457 =324 −330 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%641 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%401 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%71 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game53%252 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%166 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%52 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%338 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%52 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
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