Nicolas Rossolimo's chess openings
Peak rating 2450315 games
Nicolas Rossolimo has 315 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicolas Rossolimo most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White162 games · +68 =75 −19 · 65%
As Black153 games · +53 =63 −37 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%144 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%10 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%31 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense31%21 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%52 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense15%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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