Thomas Clarke's chess openings
Peak rating 2230219 games
Thomas Clarke has 219 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Thomas Clarke most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White117 games · +46 =19 −52 · 47%
As Black102 games · +37 =17 −48 · 45%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%67 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 d5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%50 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense94%59 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game6%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense29%7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%5 games · scores 80% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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