Alexa Sotnikov's chess openings
FM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 184935 games
Alexa Sotnikov, FIDE Master from Russia, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexa Sotnikov most often opens with 1.Nf3 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...b6, the Owen's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +4 =5 −8 · 38%
As Black18 games · +4 =1 −13 · 25%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening65%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening18%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e3 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack12%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense54%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense31%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
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