John Arni Nilssen's chess openings
IM🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsFIDE 2331550 games
John Arni Nilssen, International Master from Faroe Islands, has 550 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Arni Nilssen most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White271 games · +133 =77 −61 · 63%
As Black279 games · +87 =95 −97 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%224 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%35 games · scores 79% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense94%133 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense3%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%44 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
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