Vitaly Malykin's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 234038 games
Vitaly Malykin, International Master from Ukraine, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Malykin most often opens with 1.Nf3 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White17 games · +5 =7 −5 · 50%
As Black21 games · +9 =5 −7 · 55%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening82%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense58%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense33%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
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