Nikolai Papenin's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2295159 games
Nikolai Papenin, International Master from Russia, has 159 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Papenin most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White74 games · +27 =24 −23 · 53%
As Black85 games · +20 =23 −42 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%58 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%24 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game25%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense8%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%27 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6
- 1...d63%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c3 g6 3.h4 h5
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