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Andrei Verkholantcev's chess openings

CM🇪🇸 SpainFIDE 2237128 games

Andrei Verkholantcev, Candidate Master from Spain, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andrei Verkholantcev most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White61 games · +28 =11 −22 · 55%
As Black67 games · +19 =17 −31 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%
    32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%
    25 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%
    16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense37%
    11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
  3. 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%
    22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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