Nikita Lvov's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 221584 games
Nikita Lvov, Candidate Master from Russia, has 84 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Lvov most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +19 =7 −16 · 54%
As Black42 games · +9 =12 −21 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%35 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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