Richard A Bates's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2287883 games
Richard A Bates, International Master from England, has 883 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard A Bates most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White403 games · +176 =138 −89 · 61%
As Black480 games · +175 =166 −139 · 54%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%375 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%22 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%236 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense2%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%147 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5
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