Lionel Joyner's chess openings
32 games
Lionel Joyner has 32 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lionel Joyner most often opens with 1.c4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White15 games · +7 =6 −2 · 67%
As Black17 games · +6 =5 −6 · 50%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening47%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%7 games · scores 86% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense88%7 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game17%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
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