Oliver Picken's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 186049 games
Oliver Picken, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Oliver Picken most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White23 games · +11 =2 −10 · 52%
As Black26 games · +7 =4 −15 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%22 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d3 Mieses Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense69%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game31%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense67%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
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