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Denis Ponomarev's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 195262 games

Denis Ponomarev, from Russia, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Ponomarev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White29 games · +9 =7 −13 · 43%
As Black33 games · +7 =6 −20 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    29 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%
    13 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense18%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense50%
    6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6

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