Marius Nicula's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2113165 games
Marius Nicula, FIDE Master from Canada, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Marius Nicula most often opens with 1.Nf3 (31% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White77 games · +20 =13 −44 · 34%
As Black88 games · +14 =23 −51 · 29%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening31%24 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%22 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening27%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense51%23 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense54%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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