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Julian M Hodgson's chess openings

GM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandFIDE 26091,147 games

Julian M Hodgson, Grandmaster from England, has 1,147 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Julian M Hodgson most often opens with 1.d4 (63% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White608 games · +293 =219 −96 · 66%
As Black539 games · +214 =196 −129 · 58%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening63%
    386 games · scores 71% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening18%
    111 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening11%
    65 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%
    90 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense20%
    60 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense17%
    52 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%
    62 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game27%
    35 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...d625%
    33 games · scores 68% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6

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