Ilya Valov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 221690 games
Ilya Valov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 90 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Valov most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nf6, the Alekhine's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +14 =8 −20 · 43%
As Black48 games · +17 =11 −20 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%35 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense73%16 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%19 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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