Daniel Bates's chess openings
🇳🇿 New Zealand5 games
Daniel Bates, from New Zealand, has 5 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Daniel Bates most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White3 games · +1 =0 −2 · 33%
As Black2 games · +1 =1 −0 · 75%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Bc5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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