James Burden's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 211747 games
James Burden, from United States, has 47 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Burden most often opens with 1.e4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White19 games · +5 =2 −12 · 32%
As Black28 games · +4 =3 −21 · 20%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening84%16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%17 games · scores 24% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%7 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6
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