William Hook's chess openings
Peak rating 2250175 games
William Hook has 175 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William Hook most often opens with 1.d4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White80 games · +32 =15 −33 · 49%
As Black95 games · +33 =16 −46 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening93%74 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%5 games · scores 20% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6
- 1.g3 Hungarian Opening1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.g3 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense91%59 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense5%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...g6 Modern Defense3%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%17 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense6%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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