Nikola Mitkov's chess openings
GM🇲🇰 North MacedoniaFIDE 2361755 games
Nikola Mitkov, Grandmaster from North Macedonia, has 755 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikola Mitkov most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White396 games · +180 =148 −68 · 64%
As Black359 games · +138 =132 −89 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%378 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening0%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game84%143 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense15%25 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense1%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense87%103 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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