Musalov, R's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2342288 games
Musalov, R, International Master from Russia, has 288 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Musalov, R most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White139 games · +52 =35 −52 · 50%
As Black149 games · +43 =31 −75 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%95 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1.c4 English Opening13%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game64%45 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%25 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d621%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5
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