Aleksandr Kataev's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 226698 games
Aleksandr Kataev, FIDE Master from Russia, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aleksandr Kataev most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White49 games · +25 =8 −16 · 59%
As Black49 games · +18 =11 −20 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%49 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%18 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
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