Graham Lilley's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 209976 games
Graham Lilley, from England, has 76 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Graham Lilley most often opens with 1.d4 (49% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White37 games · +19 =7 −11 · 61%
As Black39 games · +13 =8 −18 · 44%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening49%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening46%17 games · scores 74% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense33%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense30%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense30%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense50%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense38%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game13%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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