Matthias Niesel's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyPeak rating 228566 games
Matthias Niesel, from Germany, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Matthias Niesel most often opens with 1.c4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White32 games · +14 =6 −12 · 53%
As Black34 games · +13 =7 −14 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening72%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e5 2.e4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense40%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e5 Open Game10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense71%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense29%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
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