Pavel Zarubin's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2460105 games
Pavel Zarubin, from Russia, has 105 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Zarubin most often opens with 1.d4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White51 games · +30 =11 −10 · 70%
As Black54 games · +18 =18 −18 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening98%50 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense67%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game21%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense80%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
Playing Pavel Zarubin soon?
ChessPrep shows every line Pavel Zarubin plays as White and as Black, where they score worst, and how your own openings cover them — then drills your answers.
Prepare in ChessPrep