Oliver Niklasch's chess openings
IM🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 2272100 games
Oliver Niklasch, International Master from Germany, has 100 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Oliver Niklasch most often opens with 1.d4 (68% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White47 games · +20 =15 −12 · 59%
As Black53 games · +18 =19 −16 · 52%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening68%32 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening21%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%20 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense77%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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