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John Hickman's chess openings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 1892219 games

John Hickman, from England, has 219 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Hickman most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d6, the Pirc Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d6.

As White97 games · +27 =27 −43 · 42%
As Black122 games · +33 =33 −56 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%
    63 games · scores 45% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening35%
    34 games · scores 35% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...d6 Pirc Defense86%
    68 games · scores 37% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
  2. 1...e5 Open Game9%
    7 games · scores 64% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense5%
    4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d693%
    28 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game7%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5

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