Ivan Bender's chess openings
FM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2189333 games
Ivan Bender, FIDE Master from Croatia, has 333 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Bender most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White166 games · +70 =38 −58 · 54%
As Black167 games · +48 =38 −81 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%84 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%71 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%11 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%46 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%25 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c62%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c3 g6 3.Bf4 Nf6
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