Yuri Zitin's chess openings
IM🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 246180 games
Yuri Zitin, International Master from Estonia, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri Zitin most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White39 games · +9 =13 −17 · 40%
As Black41 games · +8 =12 −21 · 34%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%35 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game8%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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