Jol DL Ball's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 223017 games
Jol DL Ball, from England, has 17 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jol DL Ball most often opens with 1.e4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game.
As White10 games · +1 =2 −7 · 20%
As Black7 games · +2 =0 −5 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening80%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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