Igor Kovalchuk's chess openings
9 games
Igor Kovalchuk has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Kovalchuk most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White5 games · +2 =2 −1 · 60%
As Black4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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