James Lavender's chess openings
🏴 WalesFIDE 202716 games
James Lavender, from Wales, has 16 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Lavender most often opens with 1.e4 (71% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White7 games · +2 =4 −1 · 57%
As Black9 games · +2 =2 −5 · 33%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening71%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack14%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.c4 f5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game50%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense17%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense67%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...d5 Closed Game33%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
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