Igor Kalichkin's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 216740 games
Igor Kalichkin, International Master from Russia, has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Kalichkin most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White16 games · +4 =1 −11 · 28%
As Black24 games · +4 =8 −12 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.c4 English Opening19%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.f4 Bg7 3.Nf3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense87%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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