Niall Ali's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 18639 games
Niall Ali, from England, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niall Ali most often opens with 1.Nf3 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As Black5 games · +0 =0 −5 · 0%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense100%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6
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