Borislav Ivkov's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaPeak rating 25702,055 games
Borislav Ivkov, from Bulgaria, has 2,055 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Borislav Ivkov most often opens with 1.d4 (37% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,000 games · +341 =566 −93 · 62%
As Black1,055 games · +273 =603 −179 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%365 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%297 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening23%229 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%236 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense22%114 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense21%112 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%213 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%43 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%37 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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