St1 Novikov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2518388 games
St1 Novikov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 388 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, St1 Novikov most often opens with 1.e4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White183 games · +82 =59 −42 · 61%
As Black205 games · +72 =74 −59 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening68%123 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening17%31 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%57 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense39%39 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%39 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense31%24 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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