Juraj Nikolac's chess openings
GM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2434398 games
Juraj Nikolac, Grandmaster from Croatia, has 398 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Juraj Nikolac most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White186 games · +80 =55 −51 · 58%
As Black212 games · +81 =56 −75 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%91 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening22%40 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%24 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game53%61 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%25 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense69%37 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game31%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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