Leonid Lystsov's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 203881 games
Leonid Lystsov, Candidate Master from Russia, has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid Lystsov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +12 =9 −21 · 39%
As Black39 games · +14 =10 −15 · 49%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening21%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense18%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense35%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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