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Palachev, P's chess openings

IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2278383 games

Palachev, P, International Master from Russia, has 383 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Palachev, P most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White187 games · +76 =57 −54 · 56%
As Black196 games · +63 =60 −73 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%
    146 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%
    20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5
  3. 1.c4 English Opening5%
    10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense36%
    32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%
    23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense19%
    17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%
    37 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game36%
    22 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6

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