Ezra Kirk's chess openings
IM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2380563 games
Ezra Kirk, International Master from England, has 563 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Ezra Kirk most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White273 games · +137 =55 −81 · 60%
As Black290 games · +117 =55 −118 · 50%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%121 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening40%110 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense71%91 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense27%34 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense2%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense90%103 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...Nc64%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 g6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense3%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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