Aleksandr Shimanov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 257882 games
Aleksandr Shimanov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 82 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aleksandr Shimanov most often opens with 1.e4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +22 =11 −8 · 67%
As Black41 games · +12 =18 −11 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%17 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening22%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game16%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
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