Nicolai Shalnev's chess openings
GM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 229577 games
Nicolai Shalnev, Grandmaster from Germany, has 77 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicolai Shalnev most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +9 =21 −13 · 45%
As Black34 games · +13 =14 −7 · 59%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%41 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5
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