John Rodgaard's chess openings
IM🇫🇴 Faroe IslandsFIDE 2237490 games
John Rodgaard, International Master from Faroe Islands, has 490 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Rodgaard most often opens with 1.c4 (58% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White226 games · +75 =99 −52 · 55%
As Black264 games · +69 =120 −75 · 49%
As White
- 1.c4 English Opening58%130 games · scores 54% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening27%61 games · scores 58% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening12%27 games · scores 52% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense90%114 games · scores 46% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense9%12 games · scores 88% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense1%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game64%57 games · scores 47% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense31%28 games · scores 45% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense3%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4
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