Daniel Kitaev's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 188853 games
Daniel Kitaev, from Scotland, has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Kitaev most often opens with 1.e4 (41% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White27 games · +9 =11 −7 · 54%
As Black26 games · +9 =7 −10 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening30%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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