Sergey Kalinitschew's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2372671 games
Sergey Kalinitschew, Grandmaster from Germany, has 671 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergey Kalinitschew most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White304 games · +145 =108 −51 · 65%
As Black367 games · +162 =128 −77 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%165 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%59 games · scores 74% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening13%39 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense74%156 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense8%16 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%42 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense19%17 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
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