Bentley, J's chess openings
CM🏴 EnglandFIDE 211176 games
Bentley, J, Candidate Master from England, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Bentley, J most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White40 games · +14 =14 −12 · 53%
As Black36 games · +9 =6 −21 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nbd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense96%24 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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