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Semyon Puzyrevsky's chess openings

FMFIDE 2363682 games

Semyon Puzyrevsky, FIDE Master, has 682 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Semyon Puzyrevsky most often opens with 1.e4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White339 games · +189 =40 −110 · 62%
As Black343 games · +169 =45 −129 · 56%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening72%
    242 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%
    38 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%
    26 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense54%
    83 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game35%
    54 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 fxe4
  3. 1...a66%
    9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.a4 Bb7

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense62%
    73 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    30 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%
    7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7

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