Vassily Smyslov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaPeak rating 26402,607 games
Vassily Smyslov, from Russia, has 2,607 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vassily Smyslov most often opens with 1.e4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,318 games · +552 =655 −111 · 67%
As Black1,289 games · +352 =740 −197 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%378 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%362 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening21%247 games · scores 72% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%324 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%58 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%52 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%311 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%191 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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