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David John Findlay's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotlandFIDE 2098130 games

David John Findlay, from Scotland, has 130 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David John Findlay most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.

As White67 games · +26 =27 −14 · 59%
As Black63 games · +19 =22 −22 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%
    65 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    26 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d641%
    11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense30%
    8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game30%
    8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5

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