Vadim Malakhatko's chess openings
Peak rating 26331,994 games
Vadim Malakhatko has 1,994 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vadim Malakhatko most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,017 games · +528 =378 −111 · 71%
As Black977 games · +395 =425 −157 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%582 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening27%277 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%150 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense45%220 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%195 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%42 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game46%139 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%85 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%60 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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