Matthew Nicholson's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 203627 games
Matthew Nicholson, from Canada, has 27 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthew Nicholson most often opens with 1.e4 (38% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White13 games · +7 =1 −5 · 58%
As Black14 games · +3 =2 −9 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening38%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening31%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e6 French Defense11%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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