Nino Kirov's chess openings
Peak rating 2505494 games
Nino Kirov has 494 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nino Kirov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White202 games · +59 =118 −25 · 58%
As Black292 games · +57 =176 −59 · 50%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening62%126 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%41 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening6%12 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%114 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game62%53 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%30 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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