Adriana Nikolova's chess openings
WGM🇧🇬 BulgariaFIDE 2184988 games
Adriana Nikolova, Woman Grandmaster from Bulgaria, has 988 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Adriana Nikolova most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White500 games · +245 =105 −150 · 60%
As Black488 games · +203 =111 −174 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%429 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%65 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening0%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%188 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense16%40 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game60%97 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense39%63 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
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