Mark Kotliar's chess openings
FM🇮🇱 IsraelFIDE 2300178 games
Mark Kotliar, FIDE Master from Israel, has 178 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mark Kotliar most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White98 games · +41 =11 −46 · 47%
As Black80 games · +20 =17 −43 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%93 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game98%43 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%25 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
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