Klaus Nickl's chess openings
Peak rating 2255409 games
Klaus Nickl has 409 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Klaus Nickl most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White191 games · +61 =82 −48 · 53%
As Black218 games · +56 =76 −86 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%174 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 g6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game81%85 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense12%13 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%60 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d66%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game3%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
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