Aaron Jacobson's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2374913 games
Aaron Jacobson, International Master from United States, has 913 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aaron Jacobson most often opens with 1.e4 (65% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White454 games · +204 =100 −150 · 56%
As Black459 games · +159 =90 −210 · 44%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening65%294 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening23%103 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening5%24 games · scores 71% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game27%53 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense25%49 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4
- 1...e6 French Defense20%38 games · scores 36% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense52%84 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%57 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%11 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5
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