Nikolay Molchanov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 156110 games
Nikolay Molchanov, from Russia, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Molchanov most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White5 games · +3 =1 −1 · 70%
As Black5 games · +1 =2 −2 · 40%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4
- 1.c4 English Opening20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
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