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Ratko Novak's chess openings

CM🇭🇷 CroatiaFIDE 2009943 games

Ratko Novak, Candidate Master from Croatia, has 943 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ratko Novak most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White478 games · +189 =39 −250 · 44%
As Black465 games · +152 =34 −279 · 36%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%
    467 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening0%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1.d3 Mieses Opening0%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.dxe4 Qxd1+

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense98%
    215 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game0%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
  3. 1...b6 Owen's Defense0%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game98%
    151 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5
  2. 1...d61%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6
  3. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense1%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6

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