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Valentin Nicot's chess openings

FM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2345207 games

Valentin Nicot, FIDE Master from France, has 207 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Valentin Nicot most often opens with 1.d4 (51% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White103 games · +45 =21 −37 · 54%
As Black104 games · +38 =13 −53 · 43%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening51%
    52 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%
    35 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening14%
    14 games · scores 64% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...g6 Modern Defense43%
    22 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%
    16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game18%
    9 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%
    21 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game25%
    8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
  3. 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6

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