Iwan Cave's chess openings
18 games
Iwan Cave has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Iwan Cave most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +5 =0 −4 · 56%
As Black9 games · +2 =3 −4 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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