Sasho Nikolov's chess openings
48 games
Sasho Nikolov has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sasho Nikolov most often opens with 1.d4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White24 games · +15 =4 −5 · 71%
As Black24 games · +9 =7 −8 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening50%12 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense45%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game15%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e4 dxe4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
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