Valery A Shalimov's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 228451 games
Valery A Shalimov, International Master from Ukraine, has 51 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery A Shalimov most often opens with 1.d4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +6 =10 −4 · 55%
As Black31 games · +6 =10 −15 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening80%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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