Ni Hua's chess openings
GM🇨🇳 ChinaFIDE 26491,412 games
Ni Hua, Grandmaster from China, has 1,412 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ni Hua most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White760 games · +343 =322 −95 · 66%
As Black652 games · +212 =336 −104 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%585 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%115 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%32 games · scores 55% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense39%125 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%96 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense25%80 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense61%142 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%84 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense1%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
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