Velislav Kukov's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2315507 games
Velislav Kukov, International Master from Bulgaria, has 507 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Velislav Kukov most often opens with 1.d4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White243 games · +85 =99 −59 · 55%
As Black264 games · +100 =87 −77 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening62%151 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening34%83 games · scores 56% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 dxc4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%64 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%21 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%38 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d613%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6
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