David Holland's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 153614 games
David Holland, from New Zealand, has 14 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Holland most often opens with 1.e4 (86% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...d5, the Scandinavian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White7 games · +3 =1 −3 · 50%
As Black7 games · +1 =1 −5 · 21%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening86%6 games · scores 42% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack14%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.b3 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.Bb2 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense80%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nf6
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