Simkin, Y.'s chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 235522 games
Simkin, Y., from Russia, has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simkin, Y. most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +8 =2 −4 · 64%
As Black8 games · +5 =0 −3 · 63%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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