William James Lombardy's chess openings
Peak rating 2540500 games
William James Lombardy has 500 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, William James Lombardy most often opens with 1.e4 (35% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White260 games · +109 =118 −33 · 65%
As Black240 games · +81 =105 −54 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening35%92 games · scores 71% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening32%82 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening21%55 games · scores 61% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense61%62 games · scores 68% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game28%29 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense82%64 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game14%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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