Andrew Ponting's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 194534 games
Andrew Ponting, from England, has 34 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Andrew Ponting most often opens with 1.d4 (95% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White19 games · +4 =8 −7 · 42%
As Black15 games · +3 =3 −9 · 30%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening95%18 games · scores 39% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense89%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5
- 1...e5 Open Game11%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game100%4 games · scores 13% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 gxf6
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