Nikolov, Sa's chess openings
Peak rating 23998 games
Nikolov, Sa has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolov, Sa most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense.
As White4 games · +2 =1 −1 · 63%
As Black4 games · +4 =0 −0 · 100%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
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