Mihail Saltaev's chess openings
GM🇺🇿 UzbekistanFIDE 2429772 games
Mihail Saltaev, Grandmaster from Uzbekistan, has 772 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mihail Saltaev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% 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 White409 games · +184 =172 −53 · 66%
As Black363 games · +123 =155 −85 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%408 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense58%100 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%67 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%85 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game42%63 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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