Peter H Clarke's chess openings
Peak rating 2380370 games
Peter H Clarke has 370 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Peter H Clarke most often opens with 1.d4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White177 games · +40 =110 −27 · 54%
As Black193 games · +34 =114 −45 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening45%80 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening30%53 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening18%32 games · scores 56% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game38%42 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense37%41 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%18 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game53%31 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense44%26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense3%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
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