Victoria Merkulova's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 194751 games
Victoria Merkulova, from Russia, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Victoria Merkulova most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White25 games · +13 =6 −6 · 64%
As Black26 games · +6 =11 −9 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%24 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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