David W L Howell's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 26652,855 games
David W L Howell, Grandmaster from England, has 2,855 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David W L Howell most often opens with 1.e4 (59% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White1,483 games · +918 =345 −220 · 74%
As Black1,372 games · +705 =384 −283 · 65%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening59%675 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%161 games · scores 79% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening11%131 games · scores 62% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game55%362 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense14%92 games · scores 70% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%81 games · scores 91% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense76%284 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game15%57 games · scores 58% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%11 games · scores 91% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5
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