Novikov, St's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2518139 games
Novikov, St, Grandmaster from Russia, has 139 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Novikov, St most often opens with 1.e4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White70 games · +36 =22 −12 · 67%
As Black69 games · +23 =27 −19 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening79%55 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%7 games · scores 93% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense62%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense27%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense48%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...d622%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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