Kenneth Hobson's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2275392 games
Kenneth Hobson, FIDE Master from England, has 392 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kenneth Hobson most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White194 games · +78 =43 −73 · 51%
As Black198 games · +88 =34 −76 · 53%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%186 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening4%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game82%74 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense4%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense4%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%64 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game4%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
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