Mahdi Nikookar's chess openings
FM🇮🇷 IranFIDE 2297263 games
Mahdi Nikookar, FIDE Master from Iran, has 263 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Mahdi Nikookar most often opens with 1.d4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White130 games · +61 =23 −46 · 56%
As Black133 games · +48 =25 −60 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening38%49 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%37 games · scores 68% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%21 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense35%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense30%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%12 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game57%25 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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