Ivan Merzlyakov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 19319 games
Ivan Merzlyakov, from Russia, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Merzlyakov most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White5 games · +2 =0 −3 · 40%
As Black4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.a3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5
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