William Boyd's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 16255 games
William Boyd, from Scotland, has 5 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Boyd most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White2 games · +1 =1 −0 · 75%
As Black3 games · +1 =1 −1 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense100%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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