Tigran Kotanjian's chess openings
GM🇦🇲 ArmeniaFIDE 2453660 games
Tigran Kotanjian, Grandmaster from Armenia, has 660 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Tigran Kotanjian most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White336 games · +177 =81 −78 · 65%
As Black324 games · +137 =79 −108 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%289 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening10%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense92%157 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense4%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game62%60 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%24 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense4%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
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