Nikolay Zhidelev's chess openings
🇷🇺 RussiaFIDE 206654 games
Nikolay Zhidelev, from Russia, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolay Zhidelev most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White24 games · +9 =5 −10 · 48%
As Black30 games · +6 =7 −17 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%12 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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