Sergei Kovtun's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 221446 games
Sergei Kovtun, International Master from Ukraine, has 46 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergei Kovtun most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White22 games · +7 =5 −10 · 43%
As Black24 games · +10 =6 −8 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening32%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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