Roman Ovetchkin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 24371,333 games
Roman Ovetchkin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,333 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roman Ovetchkin most often opens with 1.d4 (61% 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 White653 games · +326 =153 −174 · 62%
As Black680 games · +302 =167 −211 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%397 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening31%198 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%43 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense80%281 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game8%28 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%191 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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