Ivanchuk, V's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26284,052 games
Ivanchuk, V, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 4,052 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivanchuk, V most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White2,044 games · +936 =817 −291 · 66%
As Black2,008 games · +643 =934 −431 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%789 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%674 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening12%223 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%331 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense36%322 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense14%129 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%449 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%156 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%29 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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