FM Nicolas Croad

Full name

Nicolas Croad

Born

1980 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Federation

New Zealand

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (12 games)

Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Variation (9 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (6 games)

Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (5 games)

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (4 games)

Black Pieces

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (6 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (6 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (4 games)

Indian Game: London System (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Patrick Cordue Nicolas Croad (2161)	0-1	31	2026
Nicolas Croad (2175) Raymond Song (2505)	1-0	33	2025
Nicolas Croad (2175) Sravan Renjith (2350)	0-1	33	2025
Nicolas Croad (2175) Zhao Zong-Yuan (2458)	0-1	41	2025
Nicolas Croad (2175) Tom Middelburg (2348)	0-1	45	2025
Nicolas Croad (2175) Yining Chen (2240)	½-½	57	2025
Gabor Nagy (2469) Nicolas Croad (2175)	1-0	39	2025
Felix Xie (2284) Nicolas Croad (2175)	1-0	43	2025
Herman C Van Riemsdijk (2249) Nicolas Croad (2175)	0-1	52	2025
Nicolas Croad (2209) Olivia Li (1595)	1-0	45	2024