Nathan Goodhue's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 1966129 games
Nathan Goodhue, from New Zealand, has 129 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Nathan Goodhue most often opens with 1.b3 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...e6.
As White66 games · +17 =16 −33 · 38%
As Black63 games · +16 =21 −26 · 42%
As White
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack35%23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening17%11 games · scores 27% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening14%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.f4 b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense36%12 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense24%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense12%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense35%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense24%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.Nf3 Ngf6
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