Thomas Oparaugo's chess openings
IM🇳🇬 NigeriaFIDE 2026141 games
Thomas Oparaugo, International Master from Nigeria, has 141 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Oparaugo most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White76 games · +24 =18 −34 · 43%
As Black65 games · +20 =14 −31 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%71 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game89%25 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense7%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense71%15 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c65%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d6 3.e4 e5
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