Nikola Kolev's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 1926100 games
Nikola Kolev, from Bulgaria, has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikola Kolev most often opens with 1.Nf3 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White55 games · +25 =11 −19 · 55%
As Black45 games · +22 =8 −15 · 58%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening47%26 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
- 1.c4 English Opening35%19 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense84%26 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense22%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense22%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6
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