Aaron Both's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 190448 games
Aaron Both, from Canada, has 48 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aaron Both most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White23 games · +12 =2 −9 · 57%
As Black25 games · +5 =5 −15 · 30%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%22 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense70%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense30%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense56%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...Nc633%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5
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