Benjamin C. Collen's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 184714 games
Benjamin C. Collen, from South Africa, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benjamin C. Collen most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White6 games · +1 =1 −4 · 25%
As Black8 games · +3 =2 −3 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%5 games · scores 30% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d6 2.b4 e5 3.c4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e5 d4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
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