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Nikolai Van Aepelen's chess openings

🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFIDE 178520 games

Nikolai Van Aepelen, from Switzerland, has 20 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nikolai Van Aepelen most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White10 games · +4 =1 −5 · 45%
As Black10 games · +2 =2 −6 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%
    10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense86%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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