Christer Niklasson's chess openings
IM🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2350145 games
Christer Niklasson, International Master from Sweden, has 145 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Christer Niklasson most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White77 games · +33 =25 −19 · 59%
As Black68 games · +15 =29 −24 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%74 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%27 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense28%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense38%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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