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Anderson, J's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 2090198 games

Anderson, J, from England, has 198 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Anderson, J most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White101 games · +32 =46 −23 · 54%
As Black97 games · +30 =32 −35 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%
    87 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%
    10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense41%
    17 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense34%
    14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game53%
    16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense37%
    11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  3. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5

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