James Mason's chess openings
356 games
James Mason has 356 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Mason most often opens with 1.e4 (76% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White182 games · +64 =53 −65 · 50%
As Black174 games · +57 =60 −57 · 50%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening76%138 games · scores 49% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening10%18 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1.c4 English Opening8%14 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game66%94 games · scores 51% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...e6 French Defense30%43 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense2%3 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%14 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense23%5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense9%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
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