Konev, Al's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 177034 games
Konev, Al, from Russia, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Konev, Al most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White15 games · +6 =2 −7 · 47%
As Black19 games · +6 =5 −8 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game92%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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