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Yuri V Nikolaevsky's chess openings

🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2315128 games

Yuri V Nikolaevsky, from Russia, has 128 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Yuri V Nikolaevsky most often opens with 1.c4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White62 games · +20 =22 −20 · 50%
As Black66 games · +17 =15 −34 · 37%

As White

  1. 1.c4 English Opening40%
    25 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening31%
    19 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game39%
    12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...d6 Pirc Defense29%
    9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%
    18 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense21%
    6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5

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