David Pruess's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2326434 games
David Pruess, International Master from United States, has 434 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Pruess most often opens with 1.e4 (74% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White237 games · +101 =49 −87 · 53%
As Black197 games · +62 =43 −92 · 42%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening74%175 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening21%49 games · scores 64% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.c4 English Opening4%9 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense48%45 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e6 French Defense27%25 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense13%12 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense63%42 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
- 1...d5 Closed Game34%23 games · scores 54% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 c5
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