Vitaly Zatonskih's chess openings
FM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 206872 games
Vitaly Zatonskih, FIDE Master from Ukraine, has 72 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitaly Zatonskih most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White41 games · +21 =12 −8 · 66%
As Black31 games · +11 =8 −12 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%35 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...e5 Open Game26%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...e6 French Defense16%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
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