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John A Grefe's chess openings

Peak rating 2502160 games

John A Grefe has 160 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John A Grefe most often opens with 1.e4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White83 games · +33 =32 −18 · 59%
As Black77 games · +15 =35 −27 · 42%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening67%
    56 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.c4 English Opening20%
    17 games · scores 76% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
  3. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense77%
    24 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...g6 Modern Defense13%
    4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
  3. 1...e6 French Defense10%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%
    23 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5
  3. 1...d5 Closed Game7%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6

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