James Boyd-Norman's chess openings
🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 203139 games
James Boyd-Norman, from Australia, has 39 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Boyd-Norman most often opens with 1.e4 (72% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White18 games · +11 =4 −3 · 72%
As Black21 games · +14 =5 −2 · 79%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening72%13 games · scores 77% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening11%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game30%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense20%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%6 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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