Zabotin, A's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2404194 games
Zabotin, A, International Master from Russia, has 194 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zabotin, A most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White100 games · +46 =30 −24 · 61%
As Black94 games · +28 =28 −38 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%76 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%17 games · scores 74% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening4%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%40 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game54%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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