Nicol Zahn's chess openings
🇩🇪 GermanyFIDE 187489 games
Nicol Zahn, from Germany, has 89 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nicol Zahn most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White43 games · +14 =16 −13 · 51%
As Black46 games · +15 =6 −25 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%42 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%27 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense63%5 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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