Leonid Nikolaev's chess openings
FM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 2172119 games
Leonid Nikolaev, FIDE Master from Ukraine, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leonid Nikolaev most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White58 games · +27 =21 −10 · 65%
As Black61 games · +25 =23 −13 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%24 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening39%22 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening12%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%31 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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