Liam Henry Putnam's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2486956 games
Liam Henry Putnam, Grandmaster from United States, has 956 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Liam Henry Putnam most often opens with 1.e4 (46% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White472 games · +253 =103 −116 · 65%
As Black484 games · +228 =105 −151 · 58%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening46%217 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening30%141 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening15%72 games · scores 72% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense46%103 games · scores 56% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...e5 Open Game26%57 games · scores 60% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense11%24 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense92%154 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...g6 Modern Defense5%8 games · scores 75% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
- 1...d5 Closed Game1%2 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5
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