Andrey Nikitin's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2443218 games
Andrey Nikitin, Grandmaster from Russia, has 218 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andrey Nikitin most often opens with 1.d4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White108 games · +47 =35 −26 · 60%
As Black110 games · +30 =36 −44 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening72%78 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening20%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense92%57 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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