John G Nicholson's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2182124 games
John G Nicholson, FIDE Master from England, has 124 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John G Nicholson most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White65 games · +10 =23 −32 · 33%
As Black59 games · +16 =22 −21 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%64 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 g6 3.c3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense97%34 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d3 Bb7 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense78%14 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
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