John G Cooper's chess openings
IM🏴 WalesFIDE 2206194 games
John G Cooper, International Master from Wales, has 194 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John G Cooper most often opens with 1.c4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White99 games · +33 =25 −41 · 46%
As Black95 games · +22 =31 −42 · 39%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening35%35 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening29%29 games · scores 36% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening17%17 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%26 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense26%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game7%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense35%11 games · scores 23% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense26%8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5
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