Sidney Norman Bernstein's chess openings
🇺🇸 United States121 games
Sidney Norman Bernstein, from United States, has 121 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Sidney Norman Bernstein most often opens with 1.e4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White58 games · +23 =15 −20 · 53%
As Black63 games · +19 =18 −26 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening52%30 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game45%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense10%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%22 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game21%6 games · scores 8% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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