John R Richardson's chess openings
FM🏴 EnglandFIDE 2202562 games
John R Richardson, FIDE Master from England, has 562 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John R Richardson most often opens with 1.d4 (73% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c6, the Caro-Kann Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White274 games · +107 =78 −89 · 53%
As Black288 games · +94 =80 −114 · 47%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening73%201 games · scores 51% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening13%35 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening8%22 games · scores 45% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense71%102 games · scores 55% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense11%16 games · scores 59% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense8%12 games · scores 58% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense94%88 games · scores 38% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...d5 Closed Game5%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense1%1 game · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6
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