James Phillips's chess openings
🏴 ScotlandFIDE 157631 games
James Phillips, from Scotland, has 31 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Phillips most often opens with 1.d4 (47% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White16 games · +7 =4 −5 · 56%
As Black15 games · +4 =5 −6 · 43%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening47%7 games · scores 86% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening47%7 games · scores 29% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense50%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense38%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5
- 1...e5 Open Game13%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game57%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense43%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
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