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Mikhail Y Kostin's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 223319 games

Mikhail Y Kostin, from Russia, has 19 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mikhail Y Kostin most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White8 games · +2 =1 −5 · 31%
As Black11 games · +4 =2 −5 · 45%

As White

  1. 1.c4 English Opening50%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6

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