Nikita Nikolaev's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2400119 games
Nikita Nikolaev, International Master from Russia, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Nikolaev most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White46 games · +14 =19 −13 · 51%
As Black73 games · +22 =25 −26 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%36 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack9%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%18 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense17%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%28 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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