Yuri S Balashov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 23769 games
Yuri S Balashov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri S Balashov most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White5 games · +3 =0 −2 · 60%
As Black4 games · +1 =3 −0 · 63%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.f3 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
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