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Karl-Emil Elmer Nielsen-Refs's chess openings

CM🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 2184481 games

Karl-Emil Elmer Nielsen-Refs, Candidate Master from Denmark, has 481 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl-Emil Elmer Nielsen-Refs most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White236 games · +54 =21 −161 · 27%
As Black245 games · +47 =12 −186 · 22%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%
    216 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Bg5 Be7
  3. 1.a31%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.a3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%
    70 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense29%
    29 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense95%
    78 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5
  3. 1...h61%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 h6 2.c4 a6 3.e4 g5

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