Laurence Ball's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 202241 games
Laurence Ball, from England, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Laurence Ball most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White19 games · +5 =6 −8 · 42%
As Black22 games · +6 =3 −13 · 34%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%16 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 a6 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense60%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense20%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d630%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...Nc630%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.f4 Ng6
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