Nikolai Radev's chess openings
Peak rating 2430157 games
Nikolai Radev has 157 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Radev most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White80 games · +27 =29 −24 · 52%
As Black77 games · +15 =31 −31 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%47 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening36%29 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense59%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game36%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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