Nakamura, N's chess openings
🇯🇵 JapanFIDE 205060 games
Nakamura, N, from Japan, has 60 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nakamura, N most often opens with 1.Nf3 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White29 games · +12 =4 −13 · 48%
As Black31 games · +11 =15 −5 · 60%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening38%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening34%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening24%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense80%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game20%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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