Alexandr Smirnov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2136309 games
Alexandr Smirnov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 309 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandr Smirnov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White153 games · +70 =17 −66 · 51%
As Black156 games · +57 =22 −77 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%152 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense66%45 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...a61%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.f4 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%47 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense4%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e3 cxd4 3.exd4 Nf6
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