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Marina Shkalikova's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 191033 games

Marina Shkalikova, from Russia, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marina Shkalikova most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White17 games · +5 =1 −11 · 32%
As Black16 games · +5 =1 −10 · 34%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%
    10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%
    6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense60%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense40%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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