Konstantin Sakaev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25351,526 games
Konstantin Sakaev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,526 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Konstantin Sakaev most often opens with 1.d4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White763 games · +333 =349 −81 · 67%
As Black763 games · +219 =413 −131 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening86%658 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%48 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%46 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%277 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game14%55 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%40 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%166 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game29%72 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d62%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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