Kosov, Iv's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 237192 games
Kosov, Iv, International Master from Russia, has 92 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kosov, Iv most often opens with 1.e4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White49 games · +21 =16 −12 · 59%
As Black43 games · +15 =13 −15 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening78%38 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening18%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Qa5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense8%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game91%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6
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