Velimir Ivic's chess openings
GM🇷🇸 SerbiaFIDE 25812,442 games
Velimir Ivic, Grandmaster from Serbia, has 2,442 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Velimir Ivic most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,214 games · +662 =239 −313 · 64%
As Black1,228 games · +569 =272 −387 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%1,005 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening9%113 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%44 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense82%415 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%49 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game6%32 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%369 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%60 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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