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Donald Johnson's chess openings

Peak rating 222081 games

Donald Johnson has 81 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Donald Johnson most often opens with 1.e4 (97% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White39 games · +10 =11 −18 · 40%
As Black42 games · +14 =7 −21 · 42%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening97%
    38 games · scores 39% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense65%
    17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game35%
    9 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense91%
    10 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5

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