Igor Kowalski's chess openings
IM🇵🇱 PolandFIDE 2389808 games
Igor Kowalski, International Master from Poland, has 808 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Kowalski most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White403 games · +195 =120 −88 · 63%
As Black405 games · +167 =123 −115 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%283 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%63 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%31 games · scores 76% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%64 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game27%56 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense25%52 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%81 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%34 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6
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