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David A Herder's chess openings

FM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 226636 games

David A Herder, FIDE Master from Canada, has 36 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David A Herder most often opens with 1.d4 (52% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White21 games · +12 =5 −4 · 69%
As Black15 games · +3 =6 −6 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening52%
    11 games · scores 86% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6 exf6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening43%
    9 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4
  3. 1.Nc3 Van Geet Opening5%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 Nbd7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e6 French Defense57%
    4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%
    2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 g6
  3. 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense14%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%
    5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6

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