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John A Peters's chess openings

IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2269324 games

John A Peters, International Master from United States, has 324 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John A Peters most often opens with 1.e4 (94% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.

As White173 games · +85 =57 −31 · 66%
As Black151 games · +50 =54 −47 · 51%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening94%
    163 games · scores 66% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening5%
    8 games · scores 69% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
  3. 1.c4 English Opening1%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense67%
    50 games · scores 52% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
  2. 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%
    8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
  3. 1...e5 Open Game9%
    7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%
    47 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense2%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 b5
  3. 1...g6 Modern Defense2%
    1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6

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