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Nigel J Holloway's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 232025 games

Nigel J Holloway, from England, has 25 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nigel J Holloway most often opens with 1.Nf3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White8 games · +5 =2 −1 · 75%
As Black17 games · +4 =6 −7 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening50%
    4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  2. 1.c4 English Opening38%
    3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%
    5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense38%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game20%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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