Nicolas Giffard's chess openings
IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2108549 games
Nicolas Giffard, International Master from France, has 549 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicolas Giffard most often opens with 1.d4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White236 games · +104 =78 −54 · 61%
As Black313 games · +103 =100 −110 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening58%137 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening36%86 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%81 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense41%64 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense2%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%88 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%17 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d61%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
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