David Cannon's chess openings
IM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 2323176 games
David Cannon, International Master from Australia, has 176 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Cannon most often opens with 1.d4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White89 games · +37 =37 −15 · 62%
As Black87 games · +29 =25 −33 · 48%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening83%74 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening16%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%31 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%35 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game8%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5
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