David Nygren's chess openings
🇸🇪 SwedenFIDE 2065161 games
David Nygren, from Sweden, has 161 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Nygren most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White82 games · +25 =25 −32 · 46%
As Black79 games · +28 =10 −41 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%72 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.e3 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense69%24 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense17%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%16 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game28%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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