James Mortimer's chess openings
98 games
James Mortimer has 98 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Mortimer most often opens with 1.e4 (98% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White47 games · +9 =8 −30 · 28%
As Black51 games · +4 =2 −45 · 10%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening98%46 games · scores 27% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game97%36 games · scores 14% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense3%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game92%11 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6
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