John Jacobs's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 226410 games
John Jacobs, FIDE Master from United States, has 10 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Jacobs most often opens with 1.Nf3 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White4 games · +1 =2 −1 · 50%
As Black6 games · +1 =2 −3 · 33%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening100%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c4 e6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense33%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game50%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e4 a6
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