Vasiliy Lyakh's chess openings
FM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2328338 games
Vasiliy Lyakh, FIDE Master from Ukraine, has 338 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vasiliy Lyakh most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White171 games · +100 =23 −48 · 65%
As Black167 games · +63 =27 −77 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%130 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%33 games · scores 76% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%40 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%17 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense9%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%51 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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