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John Nicolson's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 191510 games

John Nicolson, from England, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Nicolson most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c5.

As White5 games · +4 =1 −0 · 90%
As Black5 games · +2 =3 −0 · 70%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    5 games · scores 90% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense100%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5

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