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Yuri Shulman's chess openings

GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2559943 games

Yuri Shulman, Grandmaster from United States, has 943 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri Shulman most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White505 games · +255 =187 −63 · 69%
As Black438 games · +153 =198 −87 · 58%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%
    420 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%
    56 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening3%
    14 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense78%
    169 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%
    47 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense0%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%
    102 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game32%
    51 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense2%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6

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