Donald Cotten's chess openings
🇺🇸 United States18 games
Donald Cotten, from United States, has 18 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Donald Cotten most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White10 games · +3 =2 −5 · 40%
As Black8 games · +4 =0 −4 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%10 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4
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