Kostov, N's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 1753363 games
Kostov, N, from Bulgaria, has 363 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kostov, N most often opens with 1.d4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White175 games · +77 =31 −67 · 53%
As Black188 games · +67 =48 −73 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening82%143 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening14%24 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.c4 English Opening3%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%102 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c5
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