Nigel Cooper's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 161591 games
Nigel Cooper, from New Zealand, has 91 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nigel Cooper most often opens with 1.d4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White47 games · +11 =7 −29 · 31%
As Black44 games · +8 =4 −32 · 23%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening65%30 games · scores 22% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening13%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening11%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense32%7 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 e5
- 1...e6 French Defense32%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense18%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%12 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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