Nkosi Nkululeko's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 208362 games
Nkosi Nkululeko, from United States, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nkosi Nkululeko most often opens with 1.e4 (34% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White32 games · +11 =13 −8 · 55%
As Black30 games · +11 =10 −9 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening34%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack19%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%9 games · scores 78% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense26%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense16%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 b6
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4
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