John Dowling's chess openings
🇺🇸 United States8 games
John Dowling, from United States, has 8 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Dowling most often opens with 1.e4 (60% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White5 games · +2 =1 −2 · 50%
As Black3 games · +0 =2 −1 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening60%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening40%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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