Ilya Kitaev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 209834 games
Ilya Kitaev, from Russia, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Kitaev most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +9 =2 −6 · 59%
As Black17 games · +6 =2 −9 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5
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