J Nigel Metge's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 1885179 games
J Nigel Metge, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 179 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, J Nigel Metge most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White94 games · +29 =29 −36 · 46%
As Black85 games · +23 =17 −45 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%90 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense60%28 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense56%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Bf4 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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