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John S Purdy's chess openings

Peak rating 223519 games

John S Purdy has 19 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John S Purdy most often opens with 1.d4 (44% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.

As White9 games · +2 =2 −5 · 33%
As Black10 games · +3 =2 −5 · 40%

As White

  1. 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening44%
    4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
  2. 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening22%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6
  3. 1.f4 Bird's Opening22%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Nf6

As Black against 1.e4

  1. 1...e5 Open Game71%
    5 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5
  2. 1...c5 Sicilian Defense29%
    2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4

As Black against 1.d4

  1. 1...d5 Closed Game67%
    2 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6
  2. 1...Nf6 Indian Defense33%
    1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5

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