Yury M Nikitin's chess openings
Peak rating 236048 games
Yury M Nikitin has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yury M Nikitin most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White26 games · +1 =11 −14 · 25%
As Black22 games · +1 =8 −13 · 23%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%10 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%9 games · scores 11% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening27%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game70%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense10%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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