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Boris V Spassky's chess openings

Peak rating 26902,233 games

Boris V Spassky has 2,233 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris V Spassky most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White1,111 games · +427 =608 −76 · 66%
As Black1,122 games · +288 =693 −141 · 57%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%
    684 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%
    387 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game62%
    282 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%
    113 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense4%
    20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%
    285 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game26%
    108 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6

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