Mezentsev, V's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 232797 games
Mezentsev, V, International Master from Russia, has 97 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mezentsev, V 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...d5.
As White51 games · +27 =10 −14 · 63%
As Black46 games · +21 =9 −16 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%49 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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