Petko Nikolov's chess openings
🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 192232 games
Petko Nikolov, from Bulgaria, has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Petko Nikolov most often opens with 1.d4 (81% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White16 games · +12 =2 −2 · 81%
As Black16 games · +8 =1 −7 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening81%13 games · scores 81% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nd2 Nc6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense100%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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