Leighton Nicholls's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 183490 games
Leighton Nicholls, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 90 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Leighton Nicholls most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +14 =13 −23 · 41%
As Black40 games · +11 =9 −20 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%30 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening18%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game53%10 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense47%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense31%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.c3 d3
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
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