Hayley Nel's chess openings
WCM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 185170 games
Hayley Nel, Woman Candidate Master from South Africa, has 70 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Hayley Nel most often opens with 1.c4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White35 games · +14 =3 −18 · 44%
As Black35 games · +10 =6 −19 · 37%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening50%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense70%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game26%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c5
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