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Kovalenko, VN's chess openings

🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 198394 games

Kovalenko, VN, from Ukraine, has 94 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kovalenko, VN most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White52 games · +21 =16 −15 · 56%
As Black42 games · +9 =11 −22 · 35%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    52 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%
    14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  2. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense22%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6

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