Kovalev, Eg's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2214162 games
Kovalev, Eg, FIDE Master from Russia, has 162 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kovalev, Eg most often opens with 1.e4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White78 games · +33 =16 −29 · 53%
As Black84 games · +19 =21 −44 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening53%41 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense91%31 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%25 games · scores 34% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7
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