William Albert Fairhurst's chess openings
Peak rating 2200125 games
William Albert Fairhurst has 125 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Albert Fairhurst most often opens with 1.d4 (90% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White62 games · +14 =17 −31 · 36%
As Black63 games · +15 =24 −24 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening90%56 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening8%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game87%27 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense6%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%12 games · scores 21% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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