Daniil Zaika's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2328128 games
Daniil Zaika, FIDE Master from Russia, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniil Zaika most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White63 games · +26 =19 −18 · 56%
As Black65 games · +15 =18 −32 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%57 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense33%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game61%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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