Ruediger Nickel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 198385 games
Ruediger Nickel, from Germany, has 85 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ruediger Nickel most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White48 games · +9 =13 −26 · 32%
As Black37 games · +11 =9 −17 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%41 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening15%7 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense95%19 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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