Sergei Neff's chess openings
🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 212168 games
Sergei Neff, from Estonia, has 68 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Neff most often opens with 1.d4 (28% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White32 games · +5 =8 −19 · 28%
As Black36 games · +6 =8 −22 · 28%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening28%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Nd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense14%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense38%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.dxe6 fxe6
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