Alexey Kostin's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2121272 games
Alexey Kostin, International Master from Russia, has 272 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexey Kostin most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White139 games · +51 =45 −43 · 53%
As Black133 games · +43 =42 −48 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%128 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense86%57 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game6%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense6%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%46 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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