Vitaly Sivuk's chess openings
GM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 248576 games
Vitaly Sivuk, Grandmaster from Sweden, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Sivuk most often opens with 1.d4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White38 games · +23 =12 −3 · 76%
As Black38 games · +14 =14 −10 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening74%28 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense32%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6
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