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Vadim Shishkin's chess openings

GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2405135 games

Vadim Shishkin, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 135 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vadim Shishkin most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White69 games · +38 =11 −20 · 63%
As Black66 games · +23 =23 −20 · 52%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%
    64 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%
    32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game14%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%
    17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense5%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6

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