Sergej Nikolaev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaPeak rating 245067 games
Sergej Nikolaev, from Russia, has 67 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sergej Nikolaev most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +11 =12 −8 · 55%
As Black36 games · +14 =8 −14 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%30 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%13 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense27%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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