Colin Purdon's chess openings
🏴 EnglandFIDE 1943116 games
Colin Purdon, from England, has 116 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Colin Purdon most often opens with 1.d4 (87% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White62 games · +21 =24 −17 · 53%
As Black54 games · +17 =23 −14 · 53%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening87%54 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%8 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense64%9 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense29%4 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Alekhine's Defense7%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game77%17 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense18%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c6
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