Ilya Zaitsev's chess openings
🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 195524 games
Ilya Zaitsev, from Kazakhstan, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Zaitsev most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White9 games · +7 =2 −0 · 89%
As Black15 games · +5 =1 −9 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%9 games · scores 89% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense80%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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