Smelov, A's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 218419 games
Smelov, A, from Russia, has 19 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Smelov, A most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White9 games · +1 =1 −7 · 17%
As Black10 games · +3 =1 −6 · 35%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense83%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Bf5 3.e3 Nd7
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