Nigel Ralphs's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 1969158 games
Nigel Ralphs, from Wales, has 158 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nigel Ralphs most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White82 games · +31 =32 −19 · 57%
As Black76 games · +15 =35 −26 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%66 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening6%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game47%15 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5
- 1...e6 French Defense28%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense22%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game88%15 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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