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Sergey1 Volkov's chess openings

GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 23782,101 games

Sergey1 Volkov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,101 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey1 Volkov most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White1,049 games · +550 =317 −182 · 68%
As Black1,052 games · +453 =358 −241 · 60%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%
    1,019 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%
    8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense98%
    423 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%
    3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game98%
    398 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense1%
    4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

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