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IM John Arni Nilssen

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
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