Leonid Varankin's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 220953 games
Leonid Varankin, from Russia, has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid Varankin most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +11 =7 −10 · 52%
As Black25 games · +5 =7 −13 · 34%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening15%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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