Lev Nikonov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 190133 games
Lev Nikonov, from Russia, has 33 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lev Nikonov 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...Nf6.
As White13 games · +5 =2 −6 · 46%
As Black20 games · +2 =4 −14 · 20%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening54%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening23%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense86%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
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