Igor Nikolayev's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 236864 games
Igor Nikolayev, FIDE Master from United States, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Igor Nikolayev most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +23 =2 −6 · 77%
As Black33 games · +21 =6 −6 · 73%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%31 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%21 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%8 games · scores 94% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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