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Koltsov, R2's chess openings

Peak rating 19359 games

Koltsov, R2 has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Koltsov, R2 most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White4 games · +0 =3 −1 · 38%
As Black5 games · +3 =0 −2 · 60%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 cxd4

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