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Nika Istratova's chess openings

🇪🇪 EstoniaFIDE 158856 games

Nika Istratova, from Estonia, has 56 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nika Istratova most often opens with 1.e4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White27 games · +5 =3 −19 · 24%
As Black29 games · +5 =7 −17 · 29%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening63%
    17 games · scores 15% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening37%
    10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game95%
    18 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense5%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 cxb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6

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