Shkalov, O's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 194566 games
Shkalov, O, Candidate Master from Russia, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Shkalov, O most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White35 games · +14 =10 −11 · 54%
As Black31 games · +9 =12 −10 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening15%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense31%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense58%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense17%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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