Vadim Zaitsev's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2420149 games
Vadim Zaitsev, International Master from Russia, has 149 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vadim Zaitsev most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White62 games · +23 =25 −14 · 57%
As Black87 games · +21 =35 −31 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%35 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%21 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.b3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%28 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 dxc4
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