Carsten Nielsen's chess openings
Peak rating 228529 games
Carsten Nielsen has 29 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Carsten Nielsen most often opens with 1.c4 (54% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +4 =7 −2 · 58%
As Black16 games · +5 =4 −7 · 44%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening54%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening23%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game22%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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