Nils Petersen's chess openings
🇩🇰 DenmarkFIDE 1951229 games
Nils Petersen, from Denmark, has 229 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nils Petersen most often opens with 1.c4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White112 games · +28 =32 −52 · 39%
As Black117 games · +28 =38 −51 · 40%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening92%102 games · scores 39% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nb1 e5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense90%53 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense10%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense66%29 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%15 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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