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Vadim Poletaev's chess openings

Peak rating 216410 games

Vadim Poletaev has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vadim Poletaev most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As Black7 games · +0 =0 −7 · 0%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense25%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game33%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5

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