Merzliakov, E's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 221631 games
Merzliakov, E, from Russia, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Merzliakov, E most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White19 games · +7 =3 −9 · 45%
As Black12 games · +3 =2 −7 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack11%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.g3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bg5 Be7
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