Leonid M Sokolin's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2447519 games
Leonid M Sokolin, International Master from United States, has 519 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid M Sokolin most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White265 games · +120 =31 −114 · 51%
As Black254 games · +102 =51 −101 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%195 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%62 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%83 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%21 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game7%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%53 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense32%28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
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