Richard Birkett's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 198841 games
Richard Birkett, from Scotland, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Birkett most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White20 games · +6 =3 −11 · 38%
As Black21 games · +8 =4 −9 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game77%10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense15%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 d6 3.e3 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 g6 3.h4 Bg7
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