Kurukin, D's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 237679 games
Kurukin, D, International Master from Russia, has 79 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kurukin, D most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White35 games · +15 =10 −10 · 57%
As Black44 games · +10 =8 −26 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening9%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%18 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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