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Yuri Solodovnichenko's chess openings

GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 24911,921 games

Yuri Solodovnichenko, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 1,921 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri Solodovnichenko 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...d5.

As White1,008 games · +580 =298 −130 · 72%
As Black913 games · +403 =329 −181 · 62%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%
    955 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    353 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game11%
    47 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense6%
    28 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game55%
    150 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%
    62 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  3. 1...d610%
    28 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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