James Cavendish's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 231518 games
James Cavendish, FIDE Master from England, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Cavendish most often opens with 1.d4 (43% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White7 games · +2 =3 −2 · 50%
As Black11 games · +3 =2 −6 · 36%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
- 1.c4 English Opening43%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4
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