Pavel Kotsur's chess openings
GM🇰🇿 KazakhstanFIDE 2484982 games
Pavel Kotsur, Grandmaster from Kazakhstan, has 982 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Kotsur most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White500 games · +248 =145 −107 · 64%
As Black482 games · +176 =170 −136 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%339 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%63 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%53 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense68%182 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%37 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%35 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%133 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%11 games · scores 77% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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