Justin James's chess openings
LCAFIDE 191422 games
Justin James has 22 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Justin James most often opens with 1.e4 (83% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White12 games · +6 =1 −5 · 54%
As Black10 games · +3 =1 −6 · 35%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening83%10 games · scores 65% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
- 1.c4 English Opening17%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense100%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 c6
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c3 e6
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