Simcho Kataev's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 216869 games
Simcho Kataev, FIDE Master from Russia, has 69 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Simcho Kataev most often opens with 1.d4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White34 games · +9 =11 −14 · 43%
As Black35 games · +6 =8 −21 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening79%27 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening6%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense37%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense21%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense55%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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