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Bennett, D's chess openings

CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1976151 games

Bennett, D, Candidate Master from United States, has 151 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bennett, D most often opens with 1.f4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...b6, the Owen's Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...b6.

As White68 games · +23 =2 −43 · 35%
As Black83 games · +21 =3 −59 · 27%

As White

  1. 1.f4 Bird's Opening74%
    50 games · scores 31% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6
  2. 1.c4 English Opening22%
    15 games · scores 43% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%
    2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...b6 Owen's Defense43%
    18 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%
    11 games · scores 18% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
  3. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense14%
    6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...b6 English Defense61%
    17 games · scores 24% · main line 1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game36%
    10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6
  3. 1...d64%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nd7

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