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Mikhail1 Zaitsev's chess openings

IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 241784 games

Mikhail1 Zaitsev, International Master from Russia, has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail1 Zaitsev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White39 games · +29 =9 −1 · 86%
As Black45 games · +21 =23 −1 · 72%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    39 games · scores 86% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    20 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    11 games · scores 82% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6

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