Nikola Nikolovski's chess openings
IM🇲🇰 North MacedoniaFIDE 2392872 games
Nikola Nikolovski, International Master from North Macedonia, has 872 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikola Nikolovski 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...e6.
As White453 games · +200 =126 −127 · 58%
As Black419 games · +193 =81 −145 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%388 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening11%50 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack1%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%87 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense35%65 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%26 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense54%80 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%45 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%14 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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