Pavel Skatchkov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2457539 games
Pavel Skatchkov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 539 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Skatchkov most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White247 games · +113 =56 −78 · 57%
As Black292 games · +116 =79 −97 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%181 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%42 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game77%121 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense23%36 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%58 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense36%32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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