John Clarke's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 158724 games
John Clarke, from England, has 24 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Clarke most often opens with 1.Nf3 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense.
As White13 games · +6 =2 −5 · 54%
As Black11 games · +2 =2 −7 · 27%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening62%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense80%8 games · scores 19% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6
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