Joseph Dalton's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 203344 games
Joseph Dalton, from England, has 44 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joseph Dalton most often opens with 1.d4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White23 games · +8 =9 −6 · 54%
As Black21 games · +5 =7 −9 · 40%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening96%22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense73%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense9%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.f4 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense17%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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