Rowan Nel's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 169010 games
Rowan Nel, from South Africa, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Rowan Nel most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White4 games · +1 =1 −2 · 38%
As Black6 games · +0 =2 −4 · 17%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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