Nilsen, Jo's chess openings
IM🇳🇴 NorwayFIDE 2385310 games
Nilsen, Jo, International Master from Norway, has 310 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nilsen, Jo most often opens with 1.d4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White168 games · +79 =53 −36 · 63%
As Black142 games · +52 =50 −40 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening42%70 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening33%54 games · scores 69% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%21 games · scores 69% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense53%31 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game29%17 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense12%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%42 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense4%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
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