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Igor Khenkin's chess openings

GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 24791,906 games

Igor Khenkin, Grandmaster from Germany, has 1,906 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Khenkin most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White977 games · +491 =390 −96 · 70%
As Black929 games · +321 =448 −160 · 59%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%
    897 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%
    55 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening1%
    11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense72%
    345 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%
    77 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game6%
    28 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game60%
    164 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%
    108 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense0%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.e3 Nf6

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