Ioannis Nikolaidis's chess openings
GM🇬🇷 GreeceFIDE 24531,068 games
Ioannis Nikolaidis, Grandmaster from Greece, has 1,068 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ioannis Nikolaidis most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White489 games · +219 =229 −41 · 68%
As Black579 games · +207 =274 −98 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%275 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%84 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening14%67 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%102 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%85 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game17%51 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%159 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game12%25 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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