Katkov, V's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 194528 games
Katkov, V, from Russia, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Katkov, V most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +8 =5 −1 · 75%
As Black14 games · +4 =3 −7 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense27%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
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