Lawrence Kaufman's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2197436 games
Lawrence Kaufman, Grandmaster from United States, has 436 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Lawrence Kaufman most often opens with 1.d4 (57% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White214 games · +91 =58 −65 · 56%
As Black222 games · +80 =59 −83 · 49%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening57%122 games · scores 59% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening39%84 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening3%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game46%54 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense24%28 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense18%21 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense54%31 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game44%25 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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