Vladislav Kovalev's chess openings
GMFIDE 25653,980 games
Vladislav Kovalev, Grandmaster, has 3,980 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vladislav Kovalev most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,033 games · +1,107 =478 −448 · 66%
As Black1,947 games · +913 =470 −564 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%1,885 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%100 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game94%812 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%54 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense99%737 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
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