Elaine Bamber's chess openings
WFM🏴 ScotlandFIDE 207649 games
Elaine Bamber, Woman FIDE Master from Scotland, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Elaine Bamber most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White24 games · +14 =2 −8 · 63%
As Black25 games · +10 =3 −12 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%23 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game67%12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense17%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game67%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6
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