John Cleal's chess openings
🇮🇹 ItalyFIDE 193512 games
John Cleal, from Italy, has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Cleal most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White8 games · +2 =2 −4 · 38%
As Black4 games · +0 =1 −3 · 13%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
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