James C Blackwood's chess openings
36 games
James C Blackwood has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James C Blackwood most often opens with 1.d4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White17 games · +4 =2 −11 · 29%
As Black19 games · +4 =1 −14 · 24%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening59%10 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening35%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense60%6 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d610%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.h4 Nf6
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