John Curtis's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 229216 games
John Curtis, FIDE Master from Australia, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Curtis most often opens with 1.e4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White7 games · +6 =0 −1 · 86%
As Black9 games · +1 =2 −6 · 22%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening57%4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.d4 fxe4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening29%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1.c4 English Opening14%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game33%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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