George Steven Botterill's chess openings
IM🏴 WalesFIDE 2360265 games
George Steven Botterill, International Master from Wales, has 265 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, George Steven Botterill most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White131 games · +52 =49 −30 · 58%
As Black134 games · +41 =47 −46 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%61 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%60 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense52%37 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 French Defense32%23 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense7%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense19%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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