Nikhil, M's chess openings
CM🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 2255128 games
Nikhil, M, Candidate Master from India, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikhil, M most often opens with 1.d4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White60 games · +22 =7 −31 · 43%
As Black68 games · +21 =7 −40 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening39%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening27%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening19%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense65%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5
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