Valery Skatchkov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 22141,502 games
Valery Skatchkov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 1,502 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery Skatchkov most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White763 games · +361 =97 −305 · 54%
As Black739 games · +332 =78 −329 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%694 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%36 games · scores 47% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game93%299 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%20 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%188 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%53 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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