Victor Kotsyuba's chess openings
CMFIDE 2194451 games
Victor Kotsyuba, Candidate Master, has 451 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Victor Kotsyuba most often opens with 1.d4 (36% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White228 games · +110 =36 −82 · 56%
As Black223 games · +105 =20 −98 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%80 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%75 games · scores 59% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%60 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%40 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game28%27 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game58%41 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense28%20 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d68%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Ne2 Nc6
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