Nikolay Pavlov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2316633 games
Nikolay Pavlov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 633 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Pavlov most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White307 games · +163 =12 −132 · 55%
As Black326 games · +131 =17 −178 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%254 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%37 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense61%93 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game14%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...e6 French Defense13%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%104 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5
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