Al3 Ivanov's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2415201 games
Al3 Ivanov, International Master from Russia, has 201 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Al3 Ivanov most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White112 games · +47 =29 −36 · 55%
As Black89 games · +23 =24 −42 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%99 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%46 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c64%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
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