Nikolai Pushkov's chess openings
GM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2051593 games
Nikolai Pushkov, Grandmaster from Russia, has 593 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Pushkov most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White285 games · +127 =110 −48 · 64%
As Black308 games · +107 =115 −86 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%180 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%84 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening7%20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense99%134 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%90 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%21 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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