Val Novikov's chess openings
Peak rating 222116 games
Val Novikov has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Val Novikov most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White9 games · +4 =3 −2 · 61%
As Black7 games · +1 =0 −6 · 14%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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