David Ross's chess openings
IM🇨🇦 CanadaFIDE 2267164 games
David Ross, International Master from Canada, has 164 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, David Ross most often opens with 1.d4 (56% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...d5.
As White73 games · +24 =35 −14 · 57%
As Black91 games · +20 =37 −34 · 42%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening56%41 games · scores 60% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening16%12 games · scores 67% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening11%8 games · scores 31% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense49%23 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense28%13 games · scores 35% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...b6 Owen's Defense11%5 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...d5 Closed Game36%9 games · scores 28% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense20%5 games · scores 10% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense16%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6
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