Ivan Kukushkin's chess openings
FM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2329637 games
Ivan Kukushkin, FIDE Master from Bulgaria, has 637 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Kukushkin most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White314 games · +143 =56 −115 · 54%
As Black323 games · +124 =56 −143 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%286 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%117 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense18%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%81 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%23 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5
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