Keith C Arkell's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 23892,874 games
Keith C Arkell, Grandmaster from England, has 2,874 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Keith C Arkell most often opens with 1.d4 (78% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,386 games · +736 =412 −238 · 68%
As Black1,488 games · +697 =456 −335 · 62%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening78%1,060 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%143 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening8%107 games · scores 78% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense72%533 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...e6 French Defense11%79 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense6%46 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense51%258 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense35%177 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+
- 1...d5 Closed Game6%31 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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