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Joshua Pillay's chess openings

🇿🇦 South Africa7 games

Joshua Pillay, from South Africa, has 7 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Joshua Pillay most often opens with 1.e4 (100% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...e5.

As White3 games · +0 =1 −2 · 17%
As Black4 games · +1 =0 −3 · 25%

As White

  1. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening100%
    3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 e6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game100%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...e550%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e5 2.c3 exd4 3.cxd4 Qf6
  2. 1...e6 Horwitz Defense50%
    1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 g5

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