Kevin James's chess openings
🇮🇪 IrelandFIDE 184164 games
Kevin James, from Ireland, has 64 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Kevin James most often opens with 1.d4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...g6.
As White36 games · +9 =13 −14 · 43%
As Black28 games · +8 =5 −15 · 38%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening94%34 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening6%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense67%6 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...g6 Modern Defense33%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense69%11 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense13%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense13%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.c3 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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