Ken Coates's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 186653 games
Ken Coates, from England, has 53 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ken Coates most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White24 games · +3 =7 −14 · 27%
As Black29 games · +6 =7 −16 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%16 games · scores 34% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening33%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense40%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...e5 Open Game30%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%12 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense14%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5
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