Illya Nyzhnyk's chess openings
GM🇺🇦 UkraineFIDE 25271,437 games
Illya Nyzhnyk, Grandmaster from Ukraine, has 1,437 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Illya Nyzhnyk most often opens with 1.d4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White716 games · +370 =258 −88 · 70%
As Black721 games · +305 =301 −115 · 63%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening60%430 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening15%106 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%106 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%162 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense22%77 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense17%61 games · scores 81% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game52%128 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%115 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d61%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6
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