Sergey Smagin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2551801 games
Sergey Smagin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 801 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Smagin most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White418 games · +187 =146 −85 · 62%
As Black383 games · +125 =152 −106 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%389 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening1%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%103 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense29%47 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%83 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%57 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nd7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
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