Vitaly Shinkevich's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2372479 games
Vitaly Shinkevich, International Master from Russia, has 479 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Shinkevich most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White233 games · +87 =101 −45 · 59%
As Black246 games · +96 =74 −76 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%150 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening18%41 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%23 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game41%46 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%40 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%62 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%31 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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