Brandon Jacobson's chess openings
Peak rating 2567149 games
Brandon Jacobson has 149 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Brandon Jacobson most often opens with 1.d4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White75 games · +39 =28 −8 · 71%
As Black74 games · +32 =27 −15 · 61%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening55%41 games · scores 73% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening40%30 games · scores 65% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game61%23 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense37%14 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%22 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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