Nigel D Short's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 25943,334 games
Nigel D Short, Grandmaster from England, has 3,334 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nigel D Short most often opens with 1.e4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,708 games · +833 =625 −250 · 67%
As Black1,626 games · +537 =694 −395 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening87%1,478 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%98 games · scores 70% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%82 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game40%251 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense39%248 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%70 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense53%368 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense34%239 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game9%65 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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