Vladimir Potkin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25481,679 games
Vladimir Potkin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,679 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vladimir Potkin most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White845 games · +321 =377 −147 · 60%
As Black834 games · +249 =352 −233 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%304 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening36%302 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening18%152 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%237 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%116 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game10%41 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game65%179 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%80 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5
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