David H Cummings's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2263489 games
David H Cummings, International Master from Canada, has 489 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David H Cummings most often opens with 1.c4 (55% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White239 games · +102 =94 −43 · 62%
As Black250 games · +86 =97 −67 · 54%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening55%132 games · scores 66% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%55 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening21%51 games · scores 53% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%59 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense26%33 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...e5 Open Game25%32 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%59 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game24%19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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