Nicholas Thomas's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2188118 games
Nicholas Thomas, FIDE Master from England, has 118 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicholas Thomas most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White60 games · +17 =24 −19 · 48%
As Black58 games · +11 =15 −32 · 32%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%60 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense90%26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense73%19 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense23%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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