Nikita Afanasiev's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 25431,702 games
Nikita Afanasiev, Grandmaster from Russia, has 1,702 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Afanasiev most often opens with 1.e4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White861 games · +456 =285 −120 · 70%
As Black841 games · +379 =324 −138 · 64%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%239 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%213 games · scores 76% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening18%130 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%111 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense26%94 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%93 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%144 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense28%90 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%51 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
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