Victor Kovalchuk's chess openings
🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 195464 games
Victor Kovalchuk, from Ukraine, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Victor Kovalchuk most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White27 games · +8 =5 −14 · 39%
As Black37 games · +7 =7 −23 · 28%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bg5 h6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%18 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6
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