Denis Allan's chess openings
FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 227098 games
Denis Allan, FIDE Master from Canada, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Denis Allan most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White50 games · +19 =10 −21 · 48%
As Black48 games · +11 =19 −18 · 43%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%26 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.c4 English Opening12%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game59%13 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense85%11 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
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