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Randal Ferguson's chess openings

🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2058147 games

Randal Ferguson, from United States, has 147 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Randal Ferguson most often opens with 1.e4 (85% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White77 games · +12 =4 −61 · 18%
As Black70 games · +6 =3 −61 · 11%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening85%
    63 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening11%
    8 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 Nf6
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g5 3.Bg2 g4

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    42 games · scores 18% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%
    16 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...f5 Dutch Defense6%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7

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