Douglas Root's chess openings
IM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 243688 games
Douglas Root, International Master from United States, has 88 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Douglas Root most often opens with 1.d4 (66% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White41 games · +17 =16 −8 · 61%
As Black47 games · +19 =17 −11 · 59%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening66%27 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening32%13 games · scores 73% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
- 1.b3 Nimzo-Larsen Attack2%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%20 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6
- 1...Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense18%5 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5
- 1...e5 Open Game7%2 games · scores 75% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense89%8 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense11%1 game · scores 50% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
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