Evgenij Novikov's chess openings
CM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 22761,726 games
Evgenij Novikov, Candidate Master from Russia, has 1,726 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Evgenij Novikov most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White854 games · +403 =80 −371 · 52%
As Black872 games · +360 =78 −434 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%327 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%300 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%42 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%157 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%154 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%185 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%72 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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