Nikolay Zharkov's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 219098 games
Nikolay Zharkov, from Russia, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Zharkov most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White48 games · +16 =12 −20 · 46%
As Black50 games · +14 =13 −23 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%35 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%20 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense57%13 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
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