Igor Nikishin's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 202827 games
Igor Nikishin, from Russia, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Nikishin most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +6 =1 −6 · 50%
As Black14 games · +4 =4 −6 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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