Galina Melnik's chess openings
WIM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1790137 games
Galina Melnik, Woman International Master from Russia, has 137 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Galina Melnik most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White61 games · +23 =19 −19 · 53%
As Black76 games · +16 =22 −38 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%60 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense61%25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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