Va UKR Shishkin's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2405989 games
Va UKR Shishkin, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 989 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Va UKR Shishkin most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White517 games · +277 =177 −63 · 71%
As Black472 games · +186 =207 −79 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%512 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%241 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%147 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d5
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