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John Findlay's chess openings

🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 18319 games

John Findlay, from New Zealand, has 9 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Findlay most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As Black5 games · +1 =1 −3 · 30%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4

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