Nigel Birtwistle's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2049189 games
Nigel Birtwistle, from England, has 189 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nigel Birtwistle most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White94 games · +34 =21 −39 · 47%
As Black95 games · +33 =24 −38 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%56 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%19 games · scores 34% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%16 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense98%45 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%30 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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