Zandor Nilsson's chess openings
139 games
Zandor Nilsson has 139 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Zandor Nilsson most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White69 games · +34 =16 −19 · 61%
As Black70 games · +25 =23 −22 · 52%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%53 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening20%14 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense47%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense11%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense32%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense28%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense28%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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