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Ivan Kovachev's chess openings

🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 177115 games

Ivan Kovachev, from Bulgaria, has 15 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Kovachev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense.

As White8 games · +1 =5 −2 · 44%
As Black7 games · +1 =2 −4 · 29%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%
    5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game29%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6

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