Laurence A Butt's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 175666 games
Laurence A Butt, from England, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Laurence A Butt most often opens with 1.d4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White32 games · +5 =8 −19 · 28%
As Black34 games · +6 =5 −23 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening97%31 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Qb6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense45%9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense40%8 games · scores 6% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 f5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense33%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 d5 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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