Elena Verbova's chess openings
WFM🇺🇿 UzbekistanFIDE 2033127 games
Elena Verbova, Woman FIDE Master from Uzbekistan, has 127 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Elena Verbova most often opens with 1.e4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White64 games · +20 =7 −37 · 37%
As Black63 games · +24 =10 −29 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening37%23 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening35%22 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense43%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense32%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense58%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
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