Meskovs, N's chess openings
GM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 2521868 games
Meskovs, N, Grandmaster from Latvia, has 868 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Meskovs, N most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White422 games · +210 =123 −89 · 64%
As Black446 games · +198 =118 −130 · 58%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%220 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening22%92 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening19%82 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense64%125 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%139 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
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