Denis Kovaljov's chess openings
🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 227479 games
Denis Kovaljov, from Estonia, has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Kovaljov most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White32 games · +7 =12 −13 · 41%
As Black47 games · +5 =17 −25 · 29%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7
- 1.c4 English Opening16%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense74%20 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense19%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game45%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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