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James Michael Bolton's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland13 games

James Michael Bolton, from Scotland, has 13 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Michael Bolton most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White8 games · +3 =2 −3 · 50%
As Black5 games · +1 =2 −2 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense50%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...e5 Open Game50%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game100%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.Bf4 e6

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