Nikolay Tolstikh's chess openings
IM🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 2324286 games
Nikolay Tolstikh, International Master from Russia, has 286 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Tolstikh most often opens with 1.Nf3 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White123 games · +58 =44 −21 · 65%
As Black163 games · +56 =61 −46 · 53%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening76%94 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%13 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%44 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense44%40 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game63%29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense26%12 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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