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ID: 15003566

Nikola Topalov

FIDE ratings

1,650Classical
1,502Rapid

Performance

50 games
24% Win
12% Draw
64% Loss

Nikola Topalov's playing style

Overall score:30%12W 6D 32L over 50 games
Best with 1.e4 as White:39%in 18 games
Struggles in the Sicilian Defense as Black:22%in 18 games
Steady recent form:30%4W 4D 12L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense
100%
2g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Godiva Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation has the largest Black sample, with 4 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
4g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Anderssen Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

20 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

20 games in this line · White to move

Results for Topalov, Nikola as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
30%
10%
60%
Move
18 · 90%
33%
11%
56%
2 · 10%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 11, 2023
OTB - Caissabase
Grashkoski, Leonid
D—
May 11, 2023
OTB - Caissabase
Grashkoski, Leonid(1364)
D—
May 9, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Petrov, Vancho(1901)
L—
May 9, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Petrov, Vancho(1901)
L—
May 7, 2023
OTB - Caissabase
Akbiyik, Fatih(1258)
D—
May 7, 2023
OTB - Caissabase
Akbiyik, Fatih
D—
May 6, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Miskoski, Misko(1938)
L—
May 6, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Miskoski, Misko(1938)
L—
May 5, 2023
OTB - PGN-Mentor
Dursun, Mahir
W—
May 5, 2023
OTB - PGNMentor
Dursun, Mahir
W—

Research Nikola Topalov’s games and opening repertoire

Nikola Topalov is rated 1650 in standard, 1502 in rapid by FIDE. Nikola Topalov plays for North Macedonia.

Nikola Topalov has FIDE ID 15003566.

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