Pavel Smirnov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 24602,378 games
Pavel Smirnov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,378 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Smirnov most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,222 games · +643 =354 −225 · 67%
As Black1,156 games · +477 =388 −291 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%806 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%380 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%19 games · scores 76% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%279 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%214 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%296 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%102 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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