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Niclas Hjelm's chess openings

FM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2260330 games

Niclas Hjelm, FIDE Master from Sweden, has 330 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Niclas Hjelm most often opens with 1.d4 (53% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White152 games · +60 =64 −28 · 61%
As Black178 games · +53 =80 −45 · 52%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening53%
    80 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening41%
    62 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening5%
    7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%
    45 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game36%
    28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game55%
    40 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%
    32 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6

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