Viacheslav Tikhonov's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 21812,849 games
Viacheslav Tikhonov, Candidate Master from Russia, has 2,849 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Viacheslav Tikhonov most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,433 games · +700 =127 −606 · 53%
As Black1,416 games · +629 =116 −671 · 49%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%1,035 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%327 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%517 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense9%58 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%300 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%121 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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