Ekaterina Smirnova's chess openings
WIMFIDE 2159673 games
Ekaterina Smirnova, Woman International Master, has 673 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ekaterina Smirnova most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White339 games · +107 =111 −121 · 48%
As Black334 games · +107 =103 −124 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%289 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%27 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense54%81 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game24%36 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%18 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game94%102 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense5%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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