Mikhail Kobalia's chess openings
GMFIDE 25293,325 games
Mikhail Kobalia, Grandmaster, has 3,325 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Kobalia most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White1,731 games · +903 =446 −382 · 65%
As Black1,594 games · +711 =415 −468 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%1,473 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%105 games · scores 76% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%77 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%366 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense24%168 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game19%133 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game70%361 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%100 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%40 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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