Kovalev, De's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2487690 games
Kovalev, De, International Master from Ukraine, has 690 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kovalev, De most often opens with 1.Nf3 (89% 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 White339 games · +188 =73 −78 · 66%
As Black351 games · +159 =93 −99 · 59%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening89%300 games · scores 66% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening10%32 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense88%164 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense10%18 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game76%86 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%27 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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