James Golding's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 2169145 games
James Golding, from England, has 145 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Golding most often opens with 1.d4 (99% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White70 games · +30 =12 −28 · 51%
As Black75 games · +21 =14 −40 · 37%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening99%68 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game94%34 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense3%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%20 games · scores 18% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
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