Darren Bates's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 183512 games
Darren Bates, from Canada, has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Darren Bates most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...b6, the Owen's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White7 games · +1 =1 −5 · 21%
As Black5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening43%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense100%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6
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