Craig Hanley's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2429588 games
Craig Hanley, International Master from England, has 588 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Craig Hanley most often opens with 1.e4 (40% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White289 games · +138 =81 −70 · 62%
As Black299 games · +99 =100 −100 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%117 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening31%90 games · scores 62% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%56 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense40%61 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%51 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game21%32 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%52 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...d5 Closed Game26%27 games · scores 26% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense21%22 games · scores 61% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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