Vitaly Zaitsev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 19488 games
Vitaly Zaitsev, from Russia, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Zaitsev most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.
As White4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As Black4 games · +2 =0 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
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