Richard Black's chess openings
FM🇧🇲 BermudaFIDE 214465 games
Richard Black, FIDE Master from Bermuda, has 65 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Black most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White38 games · +17 =11 −10 · 59%
As Black27 games · +8 =5 −14 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%38 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense57%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense43%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense67%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d622%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5
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