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John Curdo's chess openings

FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 223998 games

John Curdo, FIDE Master from United States, has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Curdo 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...f5.

As White58 games · +30 =11 −17 · 61%
As Black40 games · +22 =8 −10 · 65%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    58 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game74%
    17 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense26%
    6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...f5 Dutch Defense100%
    10 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6

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