Jim Plaskett's chess openings
GM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2308939 games
Jim Plaskett, Grandmaster from England, has 939 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Jim Plaskett most often opens with 1.e4 (62% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White515 games · +241 =166 −108 · 63%
As Black424 games · +164 =130 −130 · 54%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening62%321 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening19%98 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening10%51 games · scores 61% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense79%168 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game9%19 games · scores 47% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
- 1...d6 Pirc Defense6%13 games · scores 54% · main line 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense73%91 games · scores 62% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense19%24 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7
- 1...c5 Old Benoni Defense2%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 b5
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