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Luc William C Hoffman's chess openings

CM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2162261 games

Luc William C Hoffman, Candidate Master from United States, has 261 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Luc William C Hoffman most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White128 games · +42 =47 −39 · 51%
As Black133 games · +25 =60 −48 · 41%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%
    105 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening16%
    20 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5
  3. 1.b4 Polish Opening1%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b5 a6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%
    43 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e6 French Defense11%
    7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5
  3. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense9%
    6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game54%
    26 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense38%
    18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 a6 3.Nc3 c5
  3. 1...d64%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.c4 Nf6

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