Waylon Brander's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 195628 games
Waylon Brander, from South Africa, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Waylon Brander most often opens with 1.d4 (92% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White13 games · +6 =5 −2 · 65%
As Black15 games · +5 =0 −10 · 33%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening92%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense40%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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