Ilya Nikolaev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 21165 games
Ilya Nikolaev, from Russia, has 5 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ilya Nikolaev most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White3 games · +1 =0 −2 · 33%
As Black2 games · +0 =0 −2 · 0%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e6
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