Joseph Henry Blackburne's chess openings
737 games
Joseph Henry Blackburne has 737 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Henry Blackburne most often opens with 1.e4 (77% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White396 games · +211 =95 −90 · 65%
As Black341 games · +143 =89 −109 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening77%305 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%55 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%16 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game54%142 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...e6 French Defense27%72 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%26 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game61%30 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense20%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e6 3.Nc3 Bxc5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 d5
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