Nika Volkov's chess openings
CM🇬🇪 GeorgiaFIDE 2206377 games
Nika Volkov, Candidate Master from Georgia, has 377 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nika Volkov most often opens with 1.d4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White189 games · +95 =21 −73 · 56%
As Black188 games · +81 =23 −84 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening89%161 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%16 games · scores 88% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%57 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5
- 1...e6 French Defense33%28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...a61%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game55%34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense35%22 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense8%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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