Valery S Zhidkov's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2314321 games
Valery S Zhidkov, International Master from Ukraine, has 321 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valery S Zhidkov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White153 games · +50 =80 −23 · 59%
As Black168 games · +35 =90 −43 · 48%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening50%77 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%42 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game75%56 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense12%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense97%68 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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