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Nikolai Kovalenko's chess openings

10 games

Nikolai Kovalenko has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Kovalenko most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White5 games · +0 =2 −3 · 20%
As Black5 games · +1 =3 −1 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4

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