Joel Benjamin's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 24681,518 games
Joel Benjamin, Grandmaster from United States, has 1,518 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joel Benjamin most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White769 games · +379 =276 −114 · 67%
As Black749 games · +259 =318 −172 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%495 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening25%195 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening5%38 games · scores 53% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense42%145 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%91 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%35 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense93%260 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d65%14 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6
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