Lawrence A Day's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2214414 games
Lawrence A Day, International Master from Canada, has 414 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lawrence A Day most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White217 games · +92 =59 −66 · 56%
As Black197 games · +64 =63 −70 · 48%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%181 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening6%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%12 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense27%29 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e5 Open Game24%26 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense19%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense74%45 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense8%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1...d67%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5
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