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Kovalev, E2's chess openings

FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 221412 games

Kovalev, E2, FIDE Master from Russia, has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kovalev, E2 most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As Black8 games · +2 =1 −5 · 31%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense57%
    4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense43%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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