Karl Bowden's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2348280 games
Karl Bowden, FIDE Master from England, has 280 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Karl Bowden most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White146 games · +69 =26 −51 · 56%
As Black134 games · +48 =25 −61 · 45%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%140 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game71%47 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4
- 1...e6 French Defense29%19 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%45 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 Ne4
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