Aaron Pixton's chess openings
FM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 246587 games
Aaron Pixton, FIDE Master from United States, has 87 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Aaron Pixton most often opens with 1.d4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...f5.
As White44 games · +23 =11 −10 · 65%
As Black43 games · +18 =15 −10 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening91%40 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Be3 d6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense75%21 games · scores 74% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense25%7 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense44%4 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%3 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense22%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
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