William Forster's chess openings
CM🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 1768165 games
William Forster, Candidate Master from New Zealand, has 165 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Forster most often opens with 1.e4 (39% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White84 games · +20 =19 −45 · 35%
As Black81 games · +28 =19 −34 · 46%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%33 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%25 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%19 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%11 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense13%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense21%6 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense14%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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