Elsje Jacobs's chess openings
🇿🇦 South AfricaFIDE 155916 games
Elsje Jacobs, from South Africa, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Elsje Jacobs most often opens with 1.d4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White8 games · +3 =0 −5 · 38%
As Black8 games · +2 =0 −6 · 25%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening75%6 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 e6
- 1.c4 English Opening13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.b3 Nc6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e5 Open Game50%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 f5
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