Nicolas Riess's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 224535 games
Nicolas Riess, from Germany, has 35 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicolas Riess most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +6 =7 −4 · 56%
As Black18 games · +6 =6 −6 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%16 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game17%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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