Thomas Nielsen's chess openings
Peak rating 196040 games
Thomas Nielsen has 40 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Nielsen most often opens with 1.d4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +6 =4 −7 · 47%
As Black23 games · +7 =6 −10 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening71%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening29%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense14%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense83%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
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