Mikhail Pesotskiy's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 21841,578 games
Mikhail Pesotskiy, FIDE Master from Russia, has 1,578 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Pesotskiy most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White808 games · +368 =91 −349 · 51%
As Black770 games · +308 =70 −392 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%672 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening12%96 games · scores 51% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%324 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%222 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense16%43 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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