Denis Shmeliov's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2350284 games
Denis Shmeliov, International Master from Ukraine, has 284 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Shmeliov most often opens with 1.d4 (90% 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 White145 games · +42 =70 −33 · 53%
As Black139 games · +36 =62 −41 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%131 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%30 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense23%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game41%20 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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