John Richards's chess openings
🇲🇹 MaltaFIDE 181980 games
John Richards, from Malta, has 80 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Richards most often opens with 1.e4 (93% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White43 games · +11 =12 −20 · 40%
As Black37 games · +8 =14 −15 · 41%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening93%40 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening7%3 games · scores 33% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense58%14 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense38%9 games · scores 44% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
- 1...e6 French Defense4%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense100%10 games · scores 35% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
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