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ID: 2501724

John Nicholson

FIDE ratings

1,827Classical

Performance

50 games
2% Win
2% Draw
96% Loss

John Nicholson's playing style

Overall score:3%1W 1D 48L over 50 games
Best with 1.d4 as White:2%in 21 games
Steady recent form:0%0W 0D 20L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation
100%
2g
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit
100%
2g
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Paulsen Formation
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
100%
2g
French Defense: Marshall Gambit
100%
1g
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line
100%
1g
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation
100%
1g
French Defense: Classical Variation, Shirov-Anand Variation
100%
1g

Repertoire

28 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

28 games in this line · White to move

Results for Nicholson, John as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
4%
96%
Move
21 · 75%
5%
95%
7 · 25%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
May 14, 2025
OTB - LichessBroadcast
Alberto Loboguerrero Battocchio
L—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Offenborn, Heinz(2254)
L—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Glaeser, Alexander(2338)
L—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Ghidini, Roberto(2036)
L—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Parisi, Cosimo(1860)
L—
Mar 31, 2022
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Panman, Henryk J(2332)
L—
Sep 1, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Vecek, Marjan(2352)
L—
Sep 1, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Malyshev, Vladimir(2304)
L—
Sep 1, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Meyer, Fritz(2073)
L—
Sep 1, 2021
OTB - AjedrezCorr
Beckett, Brian(1888)
L—

Research John Nicholson’s games and opening repertoire

John Nicholson is rated 1827 in standard by FIDE. John Nicholson plays for Ireland.

John Nicholson has FIDE ID 2501724.

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