William Mark Duckworth's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2152113 games
William Mark Duckworth, FIDE Master from United States, has 113 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Mark Duckworth most often opens with 1.d4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White54 games · +19 =20 −15 · 54%
As Black59 games · +18 =15 −26 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening76%41 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening19%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening4%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense64%21 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense12%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense12%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense56%9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense25%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game19%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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