Benjamin Vincent Hercules's chess openings
CM🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 2121119 games
Benjamin Vincent Hercules, Candidate Master from South Africa, has 119 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Benjamin Vincent Hercules most often opens with 1.d4 (84% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White62 games · +18 =17 −27 · 43%
As Black57 games · +15 =17 −25 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening84%52 games · scores 43% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.c4 English Opening10%6 games · scores 33% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%22 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense8%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...e5 Open Game4%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game89%16 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense11%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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