Zakhartsov, Vl's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 24482,573 games
Zakhartsov, Vl, Grandmaster from Russia, has 2,573 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zakhartsov, Vl most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,298 games · +717 =307 −274 · 67%
As Black1,275 games · +589 =318 −368 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%515 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%502 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening10%116 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%384 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game9%45 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%32 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%384 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%43 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%15 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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