Liubov Kostitsina's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 1965122 games
Liubov Kostitsina, from Russia, has 122 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Liubov Kostitsina most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White64 games · +34 =9 −21 · 60%
As Black58 games · +17 =8 −33 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%58 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%19 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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