Iwan Cave's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 2125114 games
Iwan Cave, from Wales, has 114 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Iwan Cave most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White55 games · +23 =11 −21 · 52%
As Black59 games · +20 =15 −24 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%41 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.c4 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game71%24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%15 games · scores 30% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
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