Shimanov, A's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25784,667 games
Shimanov, A, Grandmaster from Russia, has 4,667 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shimanov, A most often opens with 1.e4 (44% 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 White2,350 games · +1,422 =419 −509 · 69%
As Black2,317 games · +1,209 =494 −614 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening44%774 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%618 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%157 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%336 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%211 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+
- 1...e6 French Defense20%193 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%350 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%249 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%29 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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