Matvei Shcherbin's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2366124 games
Matvei Shcherbin, International Master from Russia, has 124 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matvei Shcherbin most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White53 games · +18 =17 −18 · 50%
As Black71 games · +25 =13 −33 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%52 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%39 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d66%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 f5 3.e3 Nf6
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