Craig Laird's chess openings
FM🇦🇺 AustraliaFIDE 229766 games
Craig Laird, FIDE Master from Australia, has 66 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Craig Laird most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...Nc6, the Nimzowitsch Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White27 games · +12 =10 −5 · 63%
As Black39 games · +13 =11 −15 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%15 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense53%16 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game13%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game75%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense25%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5
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