Nikolai Val. Makarov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 218118 games
Nikolai Val. Makarov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Val. Makarov most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +6 =1 −2 · 72%
As Black9 games · +3 =2 −4 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.d5 Ne5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5
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