Bryon Nickoloff's chess openings
Peak rating 2435298 games
Bryon Nickoloff has 298 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bryon Nickoloff most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White143 games · +57 =51 −35 · 58%
As Black155 games · +52 =68 −35 · 55%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%125 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening6%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense49%40 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%38 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%42 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+
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