Nicholas Place's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 196014 games
Nicholas Place, from United States, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicholas Place most often opens with 1.e4 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...c6.
As White8 games · +5 =1 −2 · 69%
As Black6 games · +2 =2 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening50%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6
- 1.c4 English Opening25%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 b5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.cxb5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...c650%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bd2 d5 3.Bf4 c5
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