Varvara Poliakova's chess openings
WFMFIDE 2234877 games
Varvara Poliakova, Woman FIDE Master, has 877 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Varvara Poliakova most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White436 games · +221 =62 −153 · 58%
As Black441 games · +208 =61 −172 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%319 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%85 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening3%13 games · scores 81% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game65%139 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%24 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense11%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense44%70 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%44 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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