Vassily Ivanchuk's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26281,252 games
Vassily Ivanchuk, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 1,252 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vassily Ivanchuk most often opens with 1.e4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White626 games · +284 =279 −63 · 68%
As Black626 games · +191 =315 −120 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening54%340 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%206 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening7%45 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%99 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game35%86 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense68%175 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%62 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
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