Nihal Saheer's chess openings
🇮🇳 IndiaFIDE 145718 games
Nihal Saheer, from India, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nihal Saheer most often opens with 1.e4 (80% 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 White5 games · +2 =0 −3 · 40%
As Black13 games · +3 =1 −9 · 27%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.b3 g6 2.Nc3 c6 3.Bb2
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense75%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...f513%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 f5 2.exf5 g6 3.fxg6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.b3 b6 3.Nc3
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
- 1...d633%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
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