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Igor Novikov with the black pieces [X]

move	games	white wins - draws - black wins %
1. e4	84	21.4% 41.7% 36.9%
1. d4	74	18.9% 59.5% 21.6%
1. c4	18	16.7 61.1% 22.2%
1. Nf3	16	62.5% 31.2%
1. g3	D Norwood vs I Novikov, 1986 0-1
1. b3	I Ibragimov vs I Novikov, 1991 0-1
1. f4	G Timoshenko vs I Novikov, 1999 1/2-1/2