Aleksander Kotsuba's chess openings
FM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 223422 games
Aleksander Kotsuba, FIDE Master from Ukraine, has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aleksander Kotsuba most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +2 =1 −6 · 28%
As Black13 games · +4 =0 −9 · 31%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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