John Naylor's chess openings
🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 172062 games
John Naylor, from United States, has 62 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Naylor most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White31 games · +12 =9 −10 · 53%
As Black31 games · +5 =5 −21 · 24%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.c4 English Opening16%5 games · scores 70% · main line 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening6%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game79%11 games · scores 41% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...e6 French Defense21%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense64%7 games · scores 36% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...d5 Closed Game18%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6
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