John Hall's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 198750 games
John Hall, from England, has 50 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Hall most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White28 games · +9 =10 −9 · 50%
As Black22 games · +10 =5 −7 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game44%4 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense57%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game43%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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