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Richard Hanscombe's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WalesFIDE 188912 games

Richard Hanscombe, from Wales, has 12 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Richard Hanscombe most often opens with 1.Nc3 (50% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...g6, the Modern Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.

As White6 games · +1 =1 −4 · 25%
As Black6 games · +0 =2 −4 · 17%

As White

  1. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening50%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.Nc3 Nf6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 Ne4
  2. 1.b4 Polish Opening50%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...g6 Modern Defense100%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d6100%
    3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6

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