Nika Venskaya's chess openings
WFMFIDE 2120617 games
Nika Venskaya, Woman FIDE Master, has 617 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nika Venskaya most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White304 games · +124 =33 −147 · 46%
As Black313 games · +117 =31 −165 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%282 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%143 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense10%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%87 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6
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