Nikita Mesnyankin's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 216245 games
Nikita Mesnyankin, Candidate Master from Russia, has 45 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Mesnyankin most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White20 games · +11 =1 −8 · 57%
As Black25 games · +12 =5 −8 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%17 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening15%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.d3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game85%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense15%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 92% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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