Nikolaev, Y's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 193838 games
Nikolaev, Y, from Russia, has 38 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolaev, Y most often opens with 1.Nf3 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White19 games · +11 =2 −6 · 63%
As Black19 games · +4 =3 −12 · 29%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening42%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening26%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game60%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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