William Claridge-Hansen's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2389313 games
William Claridge-Hansen, FIDE Master from England, has 313 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Claridge-Hansen most often opens with 1.c4 (80% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White158 games · +74 =47 −37 · 62%
As Black155 games · +50 =38 −67 · 45%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening80%126 games · scores 63% · main line 1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening9%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%46 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense26%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%42 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense10%5 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Bf4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bf4 a6
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