Nils Michaelsen's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2368331 games
Nils Michaelsen, International Master from Germany, has 331 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nils Michaelsen most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White173 games · +71 =71 −31 · 62%
As Black158 games · +57 =59 −42 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%171 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense52%38 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%19 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense22%16 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%49 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...c62%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
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