Petr Kostenko's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2345940 games
Petr Kostenko, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 940 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petr Kostenko most often opens with 1.e4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White471 games · +204 =130 −137 · 57%
As Black469 games · +198 =118 −153 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening61%289 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening29%137 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%26 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense47%120 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense19%49 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%47 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense54%77 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense41%58 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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