Leonid Totsky's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2469381 games
Leonid Totsky, Grandmaster from Russia, has 381 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid Totsky most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White214 games · +93 =76 −45 · 61%
As Black167 games · +60 =69 −38 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%204 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d6
- 1.e3 Van't Kruijs Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense96%93 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense82%32 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
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