Ilya Korobov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 238633 games
Ilya Korobov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Korobov most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White17 games · +7 =4 −6 · 53%
As Black16 games · +5 =5 −6 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening47%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense63%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
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