Svetlana Matveeva's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2380703 games
Svetlana Matveeva, International Master from Russia, has 703 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Svetlana Matveeva most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White336 games · +149 =122 −65 · 63%
As Black367 games · +122 =145 −100 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%323 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense75%166 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%33 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%47 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%25 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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