Nikolov, J's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 1959120 games
Nikolov, J, from Bulgaria, has 120 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolov, J most often opens with 1.e4 (98% 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 · +21 =15 −26 · 46%
As Black58 games · +19 =9 −30 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%61 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.c4 English Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game75%24 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense45%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense27%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game27%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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