Viktor Kortschnoj's chess openings
Peak rating 26953,533 games
Viktor Kortschnoj has 3,533 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Viktor Kortschnoj most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,778 games · +872 =678 −228 · 68%
As Black1,755 games · +597 =835 −323 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%753 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening34%530 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%170 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense39%284 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%214 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%159 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%551 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%58 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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