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Sergei Sokolov's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 232139 games

Sergei Sokolov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 39 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Sokolov most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White20 games · +9 =5 −6 · 57%
As Black19 games · +8 =5 −6 · 55%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%
    19 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
  2. 1.c4 English Opening5%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%
    12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game33%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6

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