Fred Lindsay's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 229982 games
Fred Lindsay, FIDE Master from United States, has 82 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Fred Lindsay most often opens with 1.c4 (45% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White40 games · +8 =15 −17 · 39%
As Black42 games · +20 =12 −10 · 62%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening45%18 games · scores 28% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening35%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense90%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense10%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%9 games · scores 72% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense21%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense14%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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