Benjamin Finegold's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 23651,051 games
Benjamin Finegold, Grandmaster from United States, has 1,051 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benjamin Finegold most often opens with 1.d4 (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 White511 games · +245 =172 −94 · 65%
As Black540 games · +206 =197 −137 · 56%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening85%433 games · scores 66% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening9%48 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%15 games · scores 60% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.Nf3 Be7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense66%181 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%56 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense6%17 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%89 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- 1...d5 Closed Game47%80 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...d61%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5
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