Papin, V's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2477953 games
Papin, V, Grandmaster from Russia, has 953 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Papin, V most often opens with 1.c4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White468 games · +217 =177 −74 · 65%
As Black485 games · +167 =198 −120 · 55%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening38%179 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%153 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%71 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%221 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%110 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%50 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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