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Lovkov, R's chess openings

IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2419391 games

Lovkov, R, International Master from Russia, has 391 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lovkov, R most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White195 games · +104 =37 −54 · 63%
As Black196 games · +82 =45 −69 · 53%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%
    101 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening46%
    90 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%
    55 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense33%
    35 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense6%
    6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%
    31 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game44%
    28 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense8%
    5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6

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