Alexandr Kazantsev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 190720 games
Alexandr Kazantsev, from Russia, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexandr Kazantsev most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White8 games · +2 =4 −2 · 50%
As Black12 games · +2 =1 −9 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6
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