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Pavel Starikov's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 219415 games

Pavel Starikov, from Russia, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Starikov most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White8 games · +2 =4 −2 · 50%
As Black7 games · +3 =0 −4 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+

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