Nikita Rau's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 206310 games
Nikita Rau, from Germany, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikita Rau most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As Black5 games · +1 =0 −4 · 20%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 b6 3.f3 Ba6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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