Nikulina, A's chess openings
WFM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 18751,366 games
Nikulina, A, Woman FIDE Master from Russia, has 1,366 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikulina, A most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White675 games · +163 =36 −476 · 27%
As Black691 games · +163 =44 −484 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%628 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.f4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%312 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense1%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e5 Open Game1%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game93%178 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense4%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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