Taras Shovkan's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 17975 games
Taras Shovkan, from Russia, has 5 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Taras Shovkan most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White1 games · +0 =1 −0 · 50%
As Black4 games · +0 =2 −2 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d633%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5
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