Mike Ivanov's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2365509 games
Mike Ivanov, International Master from Canada, has 509 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mike Ivanov most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White261 games · +118 =67 −76 · 58%
As Black248 games · +98 =65 −85 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%196 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%54 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening3%7 games · scores 79% · main line 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense83%97 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%84 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5
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