Simkin, A's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1498104 games
Simkin, A, from Russia, has 104 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simkin, A most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White55 games · +16 =14 −25 · 42%
As Black49 games · +12 =8 −29 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%37 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%25 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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