Themba Nene's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 189021 games
Themba Nene, from South Africa, has 21 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Themba Nene most often opens with 1.d4 (79% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White14 games · +8 =1 −5 · 61%
As Black7 games · +2 =1 −4 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening79%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%3 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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