John M Emms's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 24281,091 games
John M Emms, Grandmaster from England, has 1,091 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John M Emms most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White582 games · +269 =239 −74 · 67%
As Black509 games · +168 =221 −120 · 55%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%548 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening3%15 games · scores 57% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening3%15 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense57%124 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game37%81 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%199 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%12 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense2%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5
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