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Igor Volkov's chess openings

🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 215926 games

Igor Volkov, from Ukraine, has 26 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Volkov most often opens with 1.d4 (67% 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 White12 games · +5 =3 −4 · 54%
As Black14 games · +2 =1 −11 · 18%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%
    3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening8%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense43%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1...e6 French Defense29%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
  3. 1...d625%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.f4 Bg7

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