Eric Lawson's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2190345 games
Eric Lawson, International Master from Canada, has 345 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Eric Lawson most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White182 games · +72 =48 −62 · 53%
As Black163 games · +61 =45 −57 · 51%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%112 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%64 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack3%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.b3 b6 2.Bb2 Bb7 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense93%76 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game5%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...e6 French Defense2%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%35 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game38%21 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
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