Vas Shimelkov's chess openings
FM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2083336 games
Vas Shimelkov, FIDE Master from Kazakhstan, has 336 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vas Shimelkov most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White168 games · +91 =27 −50 · 62%
As Black168 games · +87 =19 −62 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%166 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense69%53 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%24 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game94%44 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e5
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