Alexander Longson's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2220436 games
Alexander Longson, FIDE Master from England, has 436 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Alexander Longson most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White221 games · +83 =76 −62 · 55%
As Black215 games · +65 =72 −78 · 47%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%195 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening8%18 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening1%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game59%67 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense35%40 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense5%6 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game80%47 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense19%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
- 1...c62%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6
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