Michael Kotyk's chess openings
CM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2296761 games
Michael Kotyk, Candidate Master from Germany, has 761 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Michael Kotyk most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White377 games · +156 =43 −178 · 47%
As Black384 games · +146 =42 −196 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%182 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%118 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%42 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game61%108 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%35 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 e6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%60 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%29 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6
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