Walter John's chess openings
107 games
Walter John has 107 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Walter John most often opens with 1.e4 (75% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White53 games · +11 =20 −22 · 40%
As Black54 games · +25 =12 −17 · 57%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening75%40 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1.c4 English Opening4%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense53%18 games · scores 81% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e5 Open Game32%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense12%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game86%12 games · scores 29% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense7%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
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