Bongolethu Ncethelo's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 187922 games
Bongolethu Ncethelo, from South Africa, has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bongolethu Ncethelo most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White10 games · +4 =2 −4 · 50%
As Black12 games · +1 =3 −8 · 21%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense38%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense25%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
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