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Pavel Govciyan's chess openings

IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2408179 games

Pavel Govciyan, International Master from France, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Pavel Govciyan most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White96 games · +42 =27 −27 · 58%
As Black83 games · +25 =27 −31 · 46%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%
    56 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
  2. 1.c4 English Opening26%
    25 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%
    13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game54%
    22 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense24%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense7%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%
    12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense22%
    6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game19%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6

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