Nikolaj Katishonok's chess openings
FM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2004146 games
Nikolaj Katishonok, FIDE Master from Latvia, has 146 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolaj Katishonok most often opens with 1.Nf3 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White71 games · +27 =8 −36 · 44%
As Black75 games · +20 =14 −41 · 36%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening49%35 games · scores 37% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.a313%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.a3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense80%32 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense8%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game39%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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