John Cappon's chess openings
CM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2057237 games
John Cappon, Candidate Master from France, has 237 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Cappon most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White130 games · +39 =39 −52 · 45%
As Black107 games · +19 =46 −42 · 39%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%130 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%32 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense20%9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game9%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game72%23 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense22%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nd2 Bg7
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