Novikov, Ma's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2423177 games
Novikov, Ma, Grandmaster from Russia, has 177 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Novikov, Ma most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White84 games · +36 =27 −21 · 59%
As Black93 games · +27 =34 −32 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%74 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.c4 English Opening2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%26 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense21%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%17 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d66%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4
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