John Pakenham's chess openings
🇳🇿 New ZealandFIDE 152923 games
John Pakenham, from New Zealand, has 23 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Pakenham most often opens with 1.d4 (67% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White12 games · +5 =2 −5 · 50%
As Black11 games · +2 =2 −7 · 27%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening67%8 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening25%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 c5
- 1.f4 Bird's Opening8%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.f4 e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nh6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense60%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
- 1...e5 Open Game20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Bf5 3.e3 Nd7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense40%2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
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