Valentin Molotkov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 184320 games
Valentin Molotkov, from Russia, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Molotkov most often opens with 1.e4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +3 =4 −3 · 50%
As Black10 games · +3 =0 −7 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening90%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.b4 Polish Opening10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.a3 a5 3.b5 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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