Vitali Koziak's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2343706 games
Vitali Koziak, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 706 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vitali Koziak most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White354 games · +173 =124 −57 · 66%
As Black352 games · +148 =136 −68 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%182 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening25%90 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%72 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%86 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%57 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game51%61 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense24%29 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense23%27 games · scores 78% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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