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Jay R Bonin's chess openings

IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 20931,386 games

Jay R Bonin, International Master from United States, has 1,386 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jay R Bonin most often opens with 1.d4 (77% 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 White685 games · +287 =181 −217 · 55%
As Black701 games · +234 =168 −299 · 45%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening77%
    527 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
  2. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening12%
    84 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 d4 3.Nce2 c5
  3. 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack4%
    30 games · scores 52% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.Bb2 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%
    99 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 a6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense25%
    98 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...e6 French Defense20%
    78 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense79%
    154 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    20 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...c65%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.Bg5 Qa5+ 3.Bd2 Qb6

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