Smirnov, Va's chess openings
IM🇧🇾 BelarusFIDE 2170153 games
Smirnov, Va, International Master from Belarus, has 153 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Smirnov, Va most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White75 games · +17 =36 −22 · 47%
As Black78 games · +22 =27 −29 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%50 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%36 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%25 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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