Blackburn, J's chess openings
FM🏴 WalesFIDE 2239567 games
Blackburn, J, FIDE Master from Wales, has 567 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Blackburn, J most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White276 games · +97 =64 −115 · 47%
As Black291 games · +105 =58 −128 · 46%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%268 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening2%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening0%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense82%125 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense5%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%66 games · scores 48% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%10 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+
- 1...d5 Closed Game7%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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