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Alexe Potapov's chess openings

IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 236476 games

Alexe Potapov, International Master from Russia, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexe Potapov most often opens with 1.d4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White35 games · +9 =10 −16 · 40%
As Black41 games · +9 =12 −20 · 37%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening34%
    12 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%
    12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Bg4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening26%
    9 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%
    12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense22%
    7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.f4 Nc6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense16%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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