Joe Banawa's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2392365 games
Joe Banawa, International Master from United States, has 365 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joe Banawa most often opens with 1.d4 (48% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White191 games · +83 =58 −50 · 59%
As Black174 games · +72 =34 −68 · 51%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening48%92 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening29%55 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
- 1.c4 English Opening14%27 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game48%34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense27%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense10%7 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense81%50 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game16%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
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