Paolo Niccoli's chess openings
🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 171696 games
Paolo Niccoli, from Italy, has 96 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Paolo Niccoli most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +22 =7 −21 · 51%
As Black46 games · +8 =13 −25 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%31 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening30%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening6%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 d5 3.d3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense17%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game17%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense58%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense16%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense16%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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