Vit Kovalev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 220857 games
Vit Kovalev, from Russia, has 57 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vit Kovalev most often opens with 1.c4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White25 games · +12 =6 −7 · 60%
As Black32 games · +14 =4 −14 · 50%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening80%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening20%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e6 3.d3 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense60%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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