Alex Coates's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 173923 games
Alex Coates, from New Zealand, has 23 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alex Coates most often opens with 1.d4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White8 games · +3 =3 −2 · 56%
As Black15 games · +2 =2 −11 · 20%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening100%8 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense56%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense44%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7
- 1...c625%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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