Edvins Kengis's chess openings
GM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2493862 games
Edvins Kengis, Grandmaster from Latvia, has 862 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Edvins Kengis most often opens with 1.Nf3 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White443 games · +206 =209 −28 · 70%
As Black419 games · +115 =234 −70 · 55%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening48%214 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%185 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%30 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%134 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense33%76 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%105 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense8%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
Playing Edvins Kengis soon?
ChessPrep shows every line Edvins Kengis plays as White and as Black, where they score worst, and how your own openings cover them — then drills your answers.
Prepare in ChessPrep