Mikhail Simantsev's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2381913 games
Mikhail Simantsev, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 913 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Simantsev 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 White462 games · +213 =187 −62 · 66%
As Black451 games · +143 =176 −132 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%428 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%15 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%13 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%125 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%75 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%13 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%150 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense5%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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