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Kenneth Rogoff's chess openings

GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2505155 games

Kenneth Rogoff, Grandmaster from United States, has 155 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kenneth Rogoff most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White77 games · +23 =40 −14 · 56%
As Black78 games · +21 =41 −16 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%
    31 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening31%
    24 games · scores 42% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%
    18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%
    18 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%
    10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%
    16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5

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