Nikita Petrov's chess openings
GM🇲🇪 MontenegroFIDE 25721,605 games
Nikita Petrov, Grandmaster from Montenegro, has 1,605 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Petrov most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White824 games · +410 =320 −94 · 69%
As Black781 games · +281 =372 −128 · 60%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%398 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%204 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%129 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game55%179 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%120 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%241 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%44 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
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