Valerij Smirnov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 235158 games
Valerij Smirnov, International Master from Russia, has 58 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerij Smirnov most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White33 games · +11 =10 −12 · 48%
As Black25 games · +8 =5 −12 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening24%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 Qa5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
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