Maurice Ashley's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2440352 games
Maurice Ashley, Grandmaster from United States, has 352 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Maurice Ashley most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White187 games · +83 =60 −44 · 60%
As Black165 games · +62 =52 −51 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%140 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1.c4 English Opening11%20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%20 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense87%75 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%44 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense9%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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