Mikhail Tarasov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 228045 games
Mikhail Tarasov, International Master from Russia, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Tarasov most often opens with 1.d4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White26 games · +9 =8 −9 · 50%
As Black19 games · +5 =7 −7 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%20 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening15%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense27%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
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