Nikita Vitiugov's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 26632,376 games
Nikita Vitiugov, Grandmaster from England, has 2,376 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Vitiugov most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,214 games · +531 =522 −161 · 65%
As Black1,162 games · +373 =572 −217 · 57%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%649 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening28%322 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening9%103 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%252 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense24%133 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game23%129 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%301 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%83 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6
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