Watu Kobese's chess openings
IM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2237619 games
Watu Kobese, International Master from South Africa, has 619 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Watu Kobese most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White312 games · +151 =83 −78 · 62%
As Black307 games · +110 =100 −97 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%299 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%111 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%37 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense5%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%58 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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