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Duncan, C's chess openings

FM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 2179408 games

Duncan, C, FIDE Master from England, has 408 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Duncan, C most often opens with 1.Nf3 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White205 games · +74 =62 −69 · 51%
As Black203 games · +56 =55 −92 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening56%
    113 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening15%
    30 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening14%
    28 games · scores 52% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense78%
    76 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense14%
    14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game89%
    54 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...d67%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5
  3. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense5%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5

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