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Len Cotter's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 177154 games

Len Cotter, from England, has 54 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Len Cotter most often opens with 1.e4 (64% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.

As White25 games · +6 =4 −15 · 32%
As Black29 games · +4 =2 −23 · 17%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening64%
    16 games · scores 28% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening36%
    9 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%
    14 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense13%
    2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense70%
    7 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense20%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 g5
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game10%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5

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