Se4 Kovalenko's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 212034 games
Se4 Kovalenko, from Russia, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Se4 Kovalenko most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +5 =4 −8 · 41%
As Black17 games · +7 =4 −6 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening12%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening12%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense33%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6
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