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Nikolas Theodorou's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 38· 🇬🇷·
Nikolas Theodorou's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (19 games, 84% score); Scandinavian Defense as Black (55 games, 52% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Nikolas Theodorou scores below ratings
Where Nikolas Theodorou scores best
As Black
Where Nikolas Theodorou scores below ratings
Where Nikolas Theodorou scores best
Games
300
Blitz
Score
64%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
69% score
As Black
150
59% score
Rating
3214
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
19
84%
16/0/3
2876
3149
17
53%
7/4/6
3098
3121
13
69%
8/2/3
3065
3218
10
75%
6/3/1
3015
3215
6
58%
3/1/2
3000
3066
6
75%
4/1/1
2814
3014
6
100%
6/0/0
3093
3493
6
42%
2/1/3
3161
3094
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
22
73%
15/2/5
3141
3322
10
65%
6/1/3
3057
3177
10
60%
5/2/3
3029
3109
8
56%
4/1/3
3020
3070
5
60%
3/0/2
3044
3124
5
30%
1/1/3
3088
2928
4
100%
4/0/0
3017
3417
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Nikolas Theodorou on Chess.com
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