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FM Nicolas Croad

Full name

Nicolas Croad

Born

1/1/1980 (age 45)‎

Place of birth

Federation

New Zealand

Rating

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
Nicolas Croad (2209) Olivia Li (1595)	1-0	45	2024
Nicolas Croad (2209) Matthew Ashton (1837)	1-0	41	2024
Nicolas Croad (2209) Ryan Winter (2037)	1-0	85	2024
Nicolas Croad (2195) Rishi Sardana (2477)	0-1	28	2024
Nicolas Croad (2209) Luke Chang	½-½	63	2024
Nicolas Croad (2289) Daniel Mieles Palau (2364)	0-1	30	2022
Nicolas Croad (2289) Oswaldo Zambrana (2417)	0-1	83	2022
Nicolas Croad (2289) Justin Blackman (2195)	0-1	52	2022
Nicolas Croad (2289) Ziaur Rahman (2427)	½-½	51	2022
Nicolas Croad (2278) Edward Rains (2017)	1-0	33	2017

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Live Chess Ratings

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