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Hans Niemann's openings
Chess.com· GM· Rank 18· 🇺🇸·
Hans Niemann's most played openings in 300 recent Chess.com blitz games: as White vs Sicilian Defense (46 games, 67% score); Sicilian Defense as Black (19 games, 74% score).
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Key findings
As White
Where Hans Niemann scores below ratings
Where Hans Niemann scores best
As Black
Where Hans Niemann scores below ratings
Games
300
Blitz
Score
69%
win = 1, draw = ½
As White
150
72% score
As Black
150
65% score
Rating
3260
Blitz
As White
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
46
67%
27/8/11
3075
3214
19
92%
17/1/1
3092
3428
16
72%
9/5/2
3083
3258
11
82%
8/2/1
3021
3275
8
75%
5/2/1
3073
3273
5
80%
4/0/1
3099
3339
5
50%
2/1/2
3111
3111
5
80%
4/0/1
2943
3183
As Black
Score counts a win as 1 and a draw as ½.
OpeningGamesScoreW / D / LAvg oppPerf
19
74%
13/2/4
2972
3161
14
79%
10/2/2
3025
3253
13
62%
5/6/2
3142
3234
12
46%
4/3/5
3093
3059
11
77%
8/1/2
3040
3258
11
73%
7/2/2
3044
3225
9
78%
7/0/2
3020
3242
7
57%
4/0/3
3000
3057
How these numbers work
- Score: a win counts 1 and a draw ½, divided by the games played in that opening.
- Expected score (“ratings predict”): what the Elo formula predicts from both players' ratings in those games. A score more than 5 percentage points above it is green, more than 5 below is red, anything in between is on par.
- Performance (Perf): the average opponent rating + 800 × (score − 50%), a simple linear estimate; the average opponent is shown beside it.
- Sample size: key findings use openings with 5 or more games. How much to trust this score: fewer than 10 games is a small sample and only a hint, 10 to 29 is a medium sample, 30 or more is a solid sample.
- Games: finished Chess.com games, up to 150 as White and 150 as Black, grouped by opening and time control.
Data: Chess.com public API. Hans Niemann on Chess.com
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