Ian Finlay's chess openings
🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 178628 games
Ian Finlay, from Canada, has 28 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ian Finlay most often opens with 1.e4 (88% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White16 games · +4 =2 −10 · 31%
As Black12 games · +2 =2 −8 · 25%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening88%14 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening13%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%4 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense100%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
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