Korchnoi, V's chess openings
Peak rating 26761,035 games
Korchnoi, V has 1,035 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Korchnoi, V most often opens with 1.d4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White528 games · +235 =192 −101 · 63%
As Black507 games · +170 =205 −132 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening70%370 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%78 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening13%70 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense54%134 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game26%63 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%32 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%133 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%22 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 e6
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