Joshua Colas's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2288937 games
Joshua Colas, FIDE Master from United States, has 937 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joshua Colas most often opens with 1.Nf3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White466 games · +196 =104 −166 · 53%
As Black471 games · +172 =98 −201 · 47%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening50%231 games · scores 49% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%151 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening13%59 games · scores 68% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%98 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense22%48 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense14%31 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%87 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game37%61 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense6%10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
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