Ivan Sokolov's chess openings
GM🇳🇱 NetherlandsFIDE 25511,863 games
Ivan Sokolov, Grandmaster from Netherlands, has 1,863 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ivan Sokolov most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White949 games · +456 =356 −137 · 67%
As Black914 games · +339 =351 −224 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%869 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%37 games · scores 65% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%25 games · scores 80% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game87%397 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%47 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%216 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%60 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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