James A Black's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 209853 games
James A Black, from United States, has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James A Black most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White25 games · +6 =6 −13 · 36%
As Black28 games · +9 =4 −15 · 39%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%19 games · scores 37% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening20%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 e5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense56%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game82%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense9%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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