Henry Edward Bird's chess openings
352 games
Henry Edward Bird has 352 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Henry Edward Bird most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White175 games · +67 =30 −78 · 47%
As Black177 games · +57 =35 −85 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%100 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening40%69 games · scores 49% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6
- 1.c4 English Opening2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.d4 d5 3.cxd5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%68 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense34%46 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e6 French Defense15%21 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense72%23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7
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