Nikolai Kushch's chess openings
IM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2334148 games
Nikolai Kushch, International Master from Ukraine, has 148 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Kushch most often opens with 1.Nf3 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White67 games · +25 =13 −29 · 47%
As Black81 games · +31 =16 −34 · 48%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening84%56 games · scores 41% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening12%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%44 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%26 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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