Valery Salov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2644656 games
Valery Salov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 656 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery Salov most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White329 games · +118 =165 −46 · 61%
As Black327 games · +91 =163 −73 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%218 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%53 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%34 games · scores 59% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%97 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%40 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%110 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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