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David J Eggleston's chess openings

IM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 23491,142 games

David J Eggleston, International Master from England, has 1,142 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David J Eggleston most often opens with 1.e4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White593 games · +277 =186 −130 · 62%
As Black549 games · +179 =186 −184 · 50%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening95%
    565 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%
    16 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.c4 English Opening2%
    9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense76%
    178 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense22%
    51 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%
    3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense88%
    174 games · scores 49% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense10%
    20 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game2%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6

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