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Plotnikov, P's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2297610 games

Plotnikov, P, FIDE Master from Russia, has 610 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Plotnikov, P most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White307 games · +141 =22 −144 · 50%
As Black303 games · +105 =17 −181 · 37%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%
    286 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%
    15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game43%
    58 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...e6 French Defense38%
    52 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%
    25 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%
    65 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%
    27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5

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