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Arthur Lucas's chess openings

IM🇫🇷 FranceFIDE 2347429 games

Arthur Lucas, International Master from France, has 429 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Arthur Lucas most often opens with 1.e4 (89% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White229 games · +80 =59 −90 · 48%
As Black200 games · +73 =40 −87 · 47%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening89%
    204 games · scores 48% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%
    12 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
  3. 1.Nf3 Réti Opening5%
    11 games · scores 32% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%
    41 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...e5 Open Game20%
    18 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense19%
    17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense42%
    28 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
  2. 1...d5 Closed Game26%
    17 games · scores 53% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense17%
    11 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6

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