Boris N Katalymov's chess openings
Peak rating 2460163 games
Boris N Katalymov has 163 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Boris N Katalymov most often opens with 1.e4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White88 games · +49 =15 −24 · 64%
As Black75 games · +31 =13 −31 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening56%49 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening16%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense43%21 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense31%15 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense29%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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