Philip Adams's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1920131 games
Philip Adams, from England, has 131 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Philip Adams most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White65 games · +23 =17 −25 · 48%
As Black66 games · +14 =18 −34 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%50 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening20%13 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense63%17 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game19%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%24 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6
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