Khnykin, N's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2309195 games
Khnykin, N, FIDE Master from Russia, has 195 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Khnykin, N most often opens with 1.e4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White95 games · +24 =2 −69 · 26%
As Black100 games · +14 =7 −79 · 18%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening92%87 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Bf4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense65%30 games · scores 18% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense26%12 games · scores 8% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense49%18 games · scores 6% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense27%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense24%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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