Igor Kovalenko's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 26512,947 games
Igor Kovalenko, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 2,947 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Kovalenko most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,493 games · +865 =311 −317 · 68%
As Black1,454 games · +734 =334 −386 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%544 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%335 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening26%322 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%224 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%131 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense15%86 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%376 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%54 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%17 games · scores 74% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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