Kostya Kavutskiy's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 231254 games
Kostya Kavutskiy, International Master from United States, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kostya Kavutskiy most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +17 =4 −7 · 68%
As Black26 games · +13 =7 −6 · 63%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening25%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening21%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d613%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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