Nikita Meshkovs's chess openings
GM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 25211,439 games
Nikita Meshkovs, Grandmaster from Latvia, has 1,439 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Meshkovs most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White716 games · +386 =175 −155 · 66%
As Black723 games · +345 =170 −208 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%356 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%197 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening12%84 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%154 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%122 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%27 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%250 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6
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