Nicola Capone's chess openings
IM🇧🇪 BelgiumFIDE 2295226 games
Nicola Capone, International Master from Belgium, has 226 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicola Capone most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White114 games · +47 =31 −36 · 55%
As Black112 games · +40 =41 −31 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%86 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%27 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense72%39 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense84%36 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6
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