Aleksandr Menkov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 209858 games
Aleksandr Menkov, from Russia, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aleksandr Menkov most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +15 =7 −7 · 64%
As Black29 games · +9 =7 −13 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%18 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.d4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense12%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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