Roy Ellames's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 204149 games
Roy Ellames, from England, has 49 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Roy Ellames most often opens with 1.e4 (42% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White24 games · +5 =11 −8 · 44%
As Black25 games · +4 =10 −11 · 36%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening42%10 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1.c4 English Opening33%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
- 1...e6 French Defense25%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense42%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game25%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
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