Igor Shkuta's chess openings
🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 188850 games
Igor Shkuta, from Ukraine, has 50 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Shkuta most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White21 games · +6 =5 −10 · 40%
As Black29 games · +9 =3 −17 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening25%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense70%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game71%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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