Valerij Nikolaev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 18308 games
Valerij Nikolaev, from Russia, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valerij Nikolaev most often opens with 1.f4 (33% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense.
As White3 games · +1 =1 −1 · 50%
As Black5 games · +1 =1 −3 · 30%
As White
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.d4 Bf5 3.Nf3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 e6 3.f4 Be7
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