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John Eric Littlewood's chess openings

Peak rating 2395337 games

John Eric Littlewood has 337 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Eric Littlewood most often opens with 1.e4 (82% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White173 games · +66 =47 −60 · 52%
As Black164 games · +56 =45 −63 · 48%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening82%
    142 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening13%
    22 games · scores 57% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  3. 1.f4 Bird's Opening5%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game69%
    57 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense24%
    20 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense4%
    3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense72%
    34 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game17%
    8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense9%
    4 games · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5

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