James Poulton's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 236099 games
James Poulton, from England, has 99 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, James Poulton most often opens with 1.d4 (69% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White42 games · +16 =16 −10 · 57%
As Black57 games · +14 =19 −24 · 41%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening69%29 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening26%11 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening5%2 games · scores 100% · main line 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense84%27 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense16%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense47%8 games · scores 44% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...d5 Closed Game35%6 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense18%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4
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