V UKR Shalimov's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2284308 games
V UKR Shalimov, International Master from Ukraine, has 308 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, V UKR Shalimov most often opens with 1.d4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White137 games · +57 =51 −29 · 60%
As Black171 games · +59 =62 −50 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening88%120 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%87 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%21 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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