IM John Arni Nilssen Full name John Arni Nilssen Born 1974 (age 51) Place of birth Federation Faroe Islands Profiles #2782 World Ranking 2348 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 (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 John Arni Nilssen (2301) Siv Haubro (1780) 1-0 18 2018 John Arni Nilssen (2301) Benjamin Reinert Fjallheim (1375) 1-0 33 2018 John Arni Nilssen (2311) Aleksander Hnydiuk (2412) 0-1 29 2018 John Arni Nilssen (2301) Helgi Dam Ziska (2552) 0-1 32 2018 John Arni Nilssen (2301) Ellen Fredericia Nilssen (2152) ½-½ 14 2018 John Arni Nilssen (2301) Jens Kristiansen (2380) ½-½ 52 2018 Lukasz Szczepaniak (2138) John Arni Nilssen (2311) 1-0 47 2018 Show All Games