Nikita Kalinin's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2171101 games
Nikita Kalinin, Candidate Master from Russia, has 101 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Kalinin most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +19 =9 −22 · 47%
As Black51 games · +15 =16 −20 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%33 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game63%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense31%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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