Ben Johnson's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 1988847 games
Ben Johnson, from United States, has 847 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ben Johnson most often opens with 1.Nf3 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White418 games · +126 =28 −264 · 33%
As Black429 games · +106 =27 −296 · 28%
As White
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening91%374 games · scores 32% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening8%34 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.c4 English Opening0%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%194 games · scores 22% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense10%21 games · scores 26% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense1%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense98%124 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game2%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
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