JohnJ Cox's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2250338 games
JohnJ Cox, International Master from England, has 338 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, JohnJ Cox most often opens with 1.c4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White169 games · +70 =57 −42 · 58%
As Black169 games · +65 =52 −52 · 54%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening60%100 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%59 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%56 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense19%16 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense11%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense40%20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense12%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
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