Veronika Kostina's chess openings
WCM🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 191543 games
Veronika Kostina, Woman Candidate Master from Switzerland, has 43 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Veronika Kostina most often opens with 1.Nf3 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White18 games · +8 =4 −6 · 56%
As Black25 games · +3 =6 −16 · 24%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening44%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense36%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense60%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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