Esther Jou's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 199641 games
Esther Jou, from United States, has 41 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Esther Jou most often opens with 1.e4 (70% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White20 games · +8 =0 −12 · 40%
As Black21 games · +6 =0 −15 · 29%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening70%14 games · scores 43% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack15%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.d3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game80%8 games · scores 13% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense20%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 Ne7 3.Nf3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 b6
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