Sasho Nikolov's chess openings
IM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2218892 games
Sasho Nikolov, International Master from Bulgaria, has 892 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sasho Nikolov most often opens with 1.d4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White458 games · +242 =88 −128 · 62%
As Black434 games · +168 =100 −166 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%247 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%176 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%18 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%95 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense21%49 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game19%45 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%59 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense32%43 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%13 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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