IM John Arni Nilssen Full name John Arni Nilssen Born 1974 (age 52) Place of birth Federation Faroe Islands Profiles #1392 World Ranking 2331 Classical Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin-Kasparov System (15 games) Slav Defense (13 games) Benko Gambit Half-Accepted: Pawn Return Variation (12 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (9 games) Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line, Meran Variation (9 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Löwenthal, Kalashnikov Variation (48 games) Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (18 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (16 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (14 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Zukertort Variation (6 games) Games Players Result Moves Year John Arni Nilssen (2348) Augustinas Bazilius (2277) 0-1 38 2025 John Arni Nilssen (2348) August Jalving (2273) ½-½ 36 2025 John Arni Nilssen (2348) Alexander Strom-Engdahl (2320) ½-½ 43 2025 Mikkel Vinh Loftgaard (2235) John Arni Nilssen (2348) 1-0 36 2025 Jens Albert Ramsdal (2351) John Arni Nilssen (2348) ½-½ 56 2025 Nicolai Maxime Ostensen (2283) John Arni Nilssen (2348) ½-½ 57 2025 Luis Couso (2240) John Arni Nilssen (2348) ½-½ 59 2025 John Arni Nilssen (2333) Mikael Ramkilde (1952) 1-0 43 2020 John Arni Nilssen (2333) Jens Ostergaard (2229) ½-½ 60 2020 J Schultz Pedersen (2058) John Arni Nilssen (2333) ½-½ 90 2020 Show All Games