Nikolay Milchev's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2362577 games
Nikolay Milchev, International Master from England, has 577 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Milchev most often opens with 1.Nf3 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White276 games · +143 =64 −69 · 63%
As Black301 games · +115 =63 −123 · 49%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening76%209 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%28 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening9%25 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game43%58 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense23%31 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense13%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%73 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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