Eric Birmingham's chess openings
FM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2275109 games
Eric Birmingham, FIDE Master from France, has 109 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Eric Birmingham most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White58 games · +24 =17 −17 · 56%
As Black51 games · +15 =17 −19 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%53 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening5%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense85%23 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e6 French Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
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